Slam dunk

Called The Dunking [ daŋkɪŋ ], in English often ( slam ) dunk in basketball called a throw in which the ball is stuffed into the basket. The Duden defines it as "basket toss, in which the thrower jumps so high that he can throw the ball powerfully from directly above in the basket ", named as a short word as " Dunk ".

For the anglicism dunking there is no German equivalent. In some magazines and books, there is " stuff " also translated. The English verb to dunk means as much as immerse, to dip, dip.

Operation

Instead of the normal throw in which the ball is dropped mostly under basket height and falls through the ring at the bow, the player must lead the ball on ring level and then push down the Dunken. The Dunk is therefore one of the most effective throws in basketball, because it can not be next to "thrown".

Variants

The Dunk is particularly popular because it can be performed in many variations and thus is even more spectacular. These variations are especially rotations in the air, such as ( 360 -degree dunk german) or the so-called reverse dunk at 360 ° Dunk, in which the player dunkt backwards. The windmill dunk referred a dunk, in which the ball is moved in a semicircle from the bottom up, like a rotor blade of a wind mill and is then stuffed through the basket.

When difficult to be carried out between- the- legs slam the player must after a long run at the right time to jump off the ball in the air either under the left or right leg " through lead " and then put it in the basket through the ring. More dunks as the monster jam or the tomahawk involve the leadership of the ball behind the head, and then plug it into a powerful movement through the ring.

A particular variety is the Alley oop in which the ball is caught in the jump and pushed directly into the basket.

Trivia

In the NBA especially the slam dunk contest was introduced, which takes place annually at the All-Star Weekend and be chosen in which four players in the current season, which perform the most spectacular dunking before the eyes of the spectators. This can happen, for example, by a rotation of one's body through 360 degrees before the player hangs on the basket, or observed by a particularly far away from the basket jump point, such as common in Michael Jordan.

One of the most impressive Dunker was Anthony " Spud " Webb, of the slam dunk contest in the NBA won despite his height of only 1.70 m in 1986. Here he performed, among others, a 360 -degree dunk. Even Julius " Dr. J " Erving is known for his spectacular dunks. For example, he has managed a dunk from the free throw line during halftime of a game. Today, players like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Dwight Howard, Rudy Gay, Blake Griffin or Josh Smith and only 1.75 m wide Nate Robinson for their spectacular dunks are known. Also, it 's becoming more common than in the past that also point guards to be able to perform ( spectacular ) dunks. These are particularly athletic and have great bounce. Examples are Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Jrue Holiday, as well as the aforementioned Nate Robinson.

Powerful dunks to impress or psychologically weaken the enemy. However, with too much force that tear at the basket from the holder, or even the whole board, to which it is attached can be destroyed. Darryl Dawkins was several times destroyed by dunking the Plexiglas board the backboard (English backboard shattering ). Shaquille O'Neal, too, has already managed to bring the whole system to collapse basket. However, these events have become very rare in recent times by the introduction and spread of more stable systems and springs yielding baskets.

On August 3, 2012, the Australian Elizabeth Cambage threw the first dunking a woman in the history of the Olympic Summer Games.