How to Get Your First Dunk

Introduction

• Presenter: Adam from Think Pro Basketball
• Focus: Steps to achieve your first dunk (DK)

Importance of Jump Technique

• Work on jump technique for fast gains
• Getting comfortable with jumping and dunking is crucial

Using a Tennis Ball for Dunking

• Why Tennis Ball?

  • Easier to palm than a basketball
  • Provides more clearance, making it easier to dunk
  • Helps develop feeling of dunking

• Practice Steps:

  1. Use a tennis ball or small ball you can easily palm
  2. Go to a rim and practice dunking the ball
  3. If unable to dunk on a 10-ft rim, try an 8-ft rim
  4. Focus on the sensation of dunking the ball through the net

Overcoming Challenges

• Common issue: athletes not knowing how it feels to snap the rim while dunking
• Dunking the tennis ball helps perfect this feeling, which will transfer to basketball

Progressing to Larger Balls

• Once comfortable with the tennis ball:
  • Move on to a slightly larger ball (e.g., volleyball or small soccer ball)
  • Continue practicing until you feel confident dunking that ball
  • Finally, transition to dunking a basketball

Conclusion

• Ensure you have mastered the jump technique and feel the flow of dunking
• Encouragement:
  • Jumping is a skill; practice leads to improvement

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• "Keep grinding!" - Adam from Think Pro Basketball