re: Could you dunk?

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Could you dunk?

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Once. Many moons ago, but only one-handed. These days I seriously doubt that I could touch the bottom of the net.

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I could dunk a tennis ball. I could get high enough to dunk a bball, but struggled palming it. I couldn’t get that high with two hands.

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Same, at 5” 11-1/2” I could easily dunk a tennis ball and a volleyball, and a football over a goal post but couldn’t palm a basketball. 40 years later and losing that half inch I can barely scrape the bottom of the backboard.

Now or ever?

At the height of my athleticism, I could dunk a tennis ball or grab the rib, but it has been many moons since I last could. Even attempting it now I'd probably pull something.

I dunked about 4 or 5 times in warmups before intramural games out at McConnell a hundred years ago. Couldn’t ever make the stars align to throw one down in a game though. The last time I tried out there, I tore like 3 calluses off my hand and decided that was enough.

I could dunk a volleyball, but not a basketball. I think it was more mental than anything else.

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I was really fast. I think my speed and momentum allowed me to get high enough, but standing still I could not get near as high.

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Same here.

42 was the last time I attempted a dunk. Ball clipped the rim and still went in, but it threw my balance off and I landed awkwardly. I ended up with shooting pain in my back that got worse when I took deep breaths. Refuse to try again, but based on losing a few steps the last few years; I will assume the answer will be no.

I'm 5' 9". When I was eighteen, nineteen years old I had a 38 inch vertical and could dunk.

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So no.

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I dunked when I was younger.

One hand back in the day