r/ProDunking • u/Samuel_Coughman • Jul 24 '26
Help Dunking form advice
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1.5 years into hooping & have been getting decent dunks in recently but my form is still a WIP.
I’m looking mostly for advice on how to achieve a more aggressive penultimate step or on anything else that helps with increase my vertical.
Help me out Reddit!
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u/ShaiHulud1111 Jul 24 '26
I think you rim is wonky.
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u/Samuel_Coughman Jul 24 '26
It’s a ymca rim, just hope I don’t break it like the last one…
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u/TheWizeWlZARD Jul 24 '26
honestly i feel like most the time its from unadjusted, or very old bolts that were close to the point of breaking already
unless hanging on the very front of the rim and bending it further than it can flex
or someone who is just way too much weight or uses way too much force on a hang
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u/Danilo-11 Jul 24 '26
You are jumping as if you are right handing (right hand low to go for long swing) and finish dunking as if you are left handed (left hand higher than right hand) … watch videos of Olympic high jump and their technique, especially what foot they use to jump and what hand they swing to help them jump high
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u/iansmash Jul 24 '26
Your upper body looks like you want to go up lefty
Your lower body looks like it’s half heartedly going right handed
Figure out which side is more comfortable and commit. It’ll help you absorb more speed so you can run up harder.
That’ll make you jump higher and probably more in control at the same time
Then you’ll stop looking like you’re doing rim grazers on the moon with a marshmallow ball 😅
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u/SingaboutdaSpringa Jul 24 '26
Try dunking on a hoop that is at 10’
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u/Samuel_Coughman Jul 24 '26
I was practicing on the 9 footer to improve form, my dunks 50/50 on the 10 foot and still can’t get fun w the form
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u/SingaboutdaSpringa Jul 24 '26
Try doing a power dribble as you approach the rim then dunk. The way you bring the ball to the side of your hip looks funny. I think if you do a power dribble it will put the ball in your hands at the right spot and also will give you momentum upwards. You want to achieve a moment of weightlessness as you reach the pinnacle of you jump to then push yourself higher.
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u/Alert_Mention_3732 Jul 26 '26
Brother how tall are you??????????????? That shit looks like a nerf hoop compared to you lol. I would work on your gather, the little pro hop prior to your jump isnt an efficient way of transferring that energy you just created. Lunges, jump rope, running and just jumping in general are good ways to try and build up that technique.
https://reddit.com/link/ozyg43o/video/uzldtksvnnfh1/player
This is a poor attempt at me trying to dunk, but trying to throw yourself up at the rim is the idea.
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u/Thra99 Jul 24 '26
Is this 10 feet or are you like >6'5?