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Vince Carter dunking in 2009. A slam dunk, also simply known as a dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. [1] It is a type of field goal that is worth two points.
Brandon Michael Todd (born August 13, 1985) is an athlete known for his high vertical jump and ability to slam dunk a basketball despite being 5'5" tall. Brandon was a four-year starter on the Cambridge High School (CHS) basketball team and a breakout star at Muskingum College. In March 2013 Brandon trained Lenny Bernstein of The Washington Post.
Power layup, also called jump stop layup, is a continuous shooting move in which a player stops dribbling and makes a huge leap forward (jump stop), while securing the ball in both hands from the dribbling hand, then making a layup. The move is generally used as a layup because the huge movement coming from the leap provides the momentum for ...
A breakaway rim is a basketball rim that contains a hinge and a spring at the point where it attaches to the backboard so that it can bend downward when a player dunks a basketball, and then quickly snaps back into a horizontal position when the player releases it. It allows players to dunk the ball without shattering the backboard, and it ...
Each 2Ball team paired an NBA and a WNBA player from the same city. Players attempted shots from one of seven spots on the floor, labeled from 2 to 8 points, for one minute. Teams received a 10-point bonus if they made a shot from each spot, and they received a 10-point penalty for not attempting at least one shot from each spot.
Kiffin even brought the hoop inside Ole Miss' team meeting room to spice things up at preseason practice. He pitted offensive coaches against defensive coaches in a spirited 2-on-2 game at the ...
The action of jumping is central to several sports and activities. Some sports are based almost exclusively on the ability to jump, such as high jump in track and field, whereas in other sports the act of jumping is one of multiple athletic abilities used in the sport, such as basketball .
Fantasy basketball continues to grow as the NBA has become one of the most popular leagues worldwide. If you’re a passionate basketball fan, you’ve imagined putting together a superstar roster ...