Coaching - Dunking

Do you encourage?

I do, alot..
not only coz its flashy but it gets them trying to jump higher, which makes them quicker so that improves conditioning, offence, defence and rebounding, when sometimes they wont even know it...

PLus dunks get your team going

[safetyboy]

Hell yes.

In our Division 4 Mixed comp, every time someone gets away on a fast-break I run along with them screaming "DUNK IT YOU PUSSY" - never seems to happen though.

Is there any more encouragement I can give?

SB

[Kingshood]

Throw in an F or C word, or even both, It's bound to help.

[Southern Joe]

... Make sure they can get that high before you pussy them out .

[F-Bomb]

Throw in an F or C word, or even both, It's bound to help.

What do fish and chips have to do with dunking?

[Coachpete]

I'm happy when my girls can make a layup thanks :wink:

Last year when I had Youth men we certainly encouraged it. In fact one of our sets was a backdoor thingy that's designed to finish with an alley oop. Most of the time we ran it (which wasn't often) the pass was crap so it didn't come off. The two times it did were highlights of the season!

[Southern Joe]

... Just a question on WNBL & WNBA ..... why don't the girls there try & dunk more ??

[Coachpete]

... Just a question on WNBL & WNBA ..... why don't the girls there try & dunk more ??

Because they can't :wink: (the majority of them anyway....in a game situation)

[Southern Joe]

... BUt I know that Lauren Jackson & Lisa leslie can .. but only save it for once in a lifetime situations ..s urely some of the taller & / ore higher jumping girls could jam ??

[Coachpete]

... BUt I know that Lauren Jackson & Lisa leslie can .. but only save it for once in a lifetime situations ..s urely some of the taller & / ore higher jumping girls could jam ??

I've only ever seen 2 girls dunk.......and they both had to take major runups to get up there...........not really practical in a game.....it's a travel and the defence wouldn't stand back and let them go for it.

Alison Downie at dandy gets up, i wanna see ehr try to dunk...

i saw a girl in ncaa do a big dunk on a fast break....
she ended up wif a T, for hanging on the rim

[Kingshood]

There has been 5 female dunks in the NCAA and only 1(last time I checked) in the WNBA. Poor form. Candace Parker is a bit of a dunking machine isn't she? Who was the girl that won that HS Dunk Comp(quite possibly Candace Parker)?

[Poida]

Alison Downie at dandy gets up, i wanna see ehr try to dunk...

i saw a girl in ncaa do a big dunk on a fast break....
she ended up wif a T, for hanging on the rim

I think the girl your talking about who got tech'd for hanging off the rim was Michelle Snow from Tennessee

[Essen]

I've got a video of Maria Stepanova with a simple flush in what appears to be an international game.

[Poida]

Kool do you have a link to it or is it on a video tape?

[hellcat]

Yeah Stepanova can dunk, also helps that she's around 6'10. :lol: I remember watching a WNBA tape from the states and during the game they showed a nice two hander she threw down in warm ups. That was nice to see.

Snow has some good hops, as does Parker.

[Essen]

If you want it, PM me your email and I'll send it over. It's 980kb.