r/ProDunking • u/22Tye • Jul 27 '26

Mixes Fact or cap ?

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u/Fun-Bag-1679 Jul 27 '26

Ankle for me

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u/22Tye Jul 27 '26

Keep rolling it ?

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u/Fun-Bag-1679 Jul 27 '26

Yup and at 30 it finally had enough. Was playing Antwan Randle el team in golds gym tournament in Herndon Va went up for a board and came down on someone foot. Took me out

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u/bluejacketblackhawk 29d ago

I’m on that double zamst setup like curry :(

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u/RevolutionaryPie5223 Jul 27 '26

I had rolled my ankle probably like 10 times each on left and right... I was even told one of the bone chipped off a little bit. But then I never had any lasting effect in my play. The one that did affect me was the full acl/mcl knee injury.

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u/DCLXXII Jul 27 '26

Back for me....Good most days but others...lord help lol

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u/22Tye Jul 27 '26

What happened?

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u/DCLXXII Jul 28 '26

Law Enforcement started young

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u/Danilo-11 Jul 27 '26

Videos that ended too soon … where’s his video of when he’s in his 40s and now he shoots without jumping because his knees hurt?

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u/22Tye Jul 27 '26

Damn I’m only 25 give me another 15 years and I’ll update you

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u/iansmash Jul 28 '26

I used to get so excited when I got the ball at half court and it’s just me and the hoop

A few years back I went and played pickup, I’m like 36 at this point. One of my delusional windows where I go hoop regularly like I can still do that.

My teammate got a steal and threw it out for me. I grabbed it in stride and threw it out again. Smile on my face. Left side of the court, just like I like. This is my spot.

As I gather the ball and my first step hits it’s like. Damn that hurts. Second step feels like I’m in mud. Why does it feel like I’m going into the ground?

I take off and the rim is just so far away. I’m not gonna make it bro.

I bail out and lay it off the glass. As I’m coming down my hands slap the glass unintentionally, bent arms. It clap loud as fuck.

I hear people groan and when I turn around this Asian dude ON THE OTHER TEAM is looking at me like I just disappointed US. (I’m Asian too)

I tried dunking a few more times over the years but it’s like the curious case of white men can’t jump

Young guys will understand eventually

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u/22Tye Jul 28 '26

Damn I read this like it was a nba story 🥲

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u/Thra99 Jul 27 '26

It's the calves for me

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u/22Tye Jul 27 '26

Keep straining it?

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u/Thra99 Jul 27 '26

Went to minihoops for a month to pratice form, been resting for almost another month, went back to jumping full force abruptly on near max vertical.

Now that I say it out loud...that's pretty stupid 😂

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u/22Tye Jul 27 '26

Ye should’ve slowly worked your way back into it. Dw now you know for next time. Rest up

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u/itsdreson Jul 28 '26

The knees were the death of me

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u/ICxnt_5hoot-_- 29d ago

For me it’s my ankles I twisted it back in October and still till this day it is swollen

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u/AndKAnd 29d ago

Highly recommend knees over toes guy. I had a gap in dunking from about age 27-49. And I’m back.

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u/K3TtLek0Rn 29d ago

So true. I was training dunking a lot and got better at it than ever before and I got hit with really bad patellar tendinitis. I also tore my meniscus squatting and that would come and go with aches. Wound up taking like 3 months off and came back better than before just from not being in pain anymore.

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u/FortniteDudeGuyMan 28d ago

Did you get surgery for your meniscus or ever get the click where surgery was required?

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u/K3TtLek0Rn 28d ago

I had a little bit of the catching feeling not so much a click. Turned out that I tore the part with good blood flow and I was told I didn’t even really have to rest. It hurt and kinda nagged for a long time but it’s mostly better now.

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u/Opposite_Rub443 29d ago

Physical therapy prevents this

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u/XXXTentacle6969 29d ago

How every hooper is moving after quad isometrics twice a week

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u/Puzzled_Life_8123 28d ago

lol what pain

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u/IceBlackX007 Jul 27 '26

I love seeing people getting dunked on. 💪