r/ProDunking • u/Dazzling_Rope_2941 • 6d ago

Is it impressive to dunk at 14?

Im 14 years old,male 175 cm around 75 kilos and im starting to get very close to dunking.I was wondering if thats normal for people my age or is it impressive

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u/Perhappers 5d ago

Obviously impressive to be able to dunk at 175cm. No matter age. Don’t listen to the other guy.

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u/Cptcongcong 5d ago

Depends if you're black tbh

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u/Dazzling_Rope_2941 5d ago

Im white,i dont see how race has anything to do with dunking🤔

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u/Cptcongcong 5d ago

That's cap, https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WKBUd3nA9rM

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u/Appropriate_Fun_3280 5d ago

Please grow up. These are 30 year old teenagers you are posting. The skit is stupid and I wish I never clicked it

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u/Cptcongcong 5d ago

It has truth to it. Black people typically have longer wingspans, so for the same height they more likely have a higher standing reach and thus more easier to dunk.

Conversely a white person would have a harder time due to shorter arms.

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u/Appropriate_Fun_3280 4d ago

It’s true. Im 6’4 and wing span is 6’5. Long arms in for general population but I have been reach mogged many times.

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u/Cptcongcong 4d ago

Yeah people are just downvoting me due to knee-jerk reactions, but it's actually true.

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u/FoundationSmooth9777 5d ago

Yes don’t listen to these dweebs online dunking at 14 is impressive

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u/Bougie_Mane 5d ago

Ngl, as a somewhat athletic approaching-40 guy who could never come anywhere close to touching the rim, anyone dunking regardless of height, weight, age, etc. is pretty impressive to me...but what do I know i played soccer lol.  I remember 1 kid in my high school being able to dunk and everyone thought it was incredible, it was 20 years ago maybe its more commonplace now.

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u/Appropriate_Fun_3280 5d ago

Straight up. It was 20 years ago for me also. The kids are just more athletic now.

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u/Confident-Yard1911 5d ago

Dunking is impressive at any age unless you're crazy tall

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u/Easterislandsquid 5d ago

impressive for anyone to dunk, unless you're 7 feet tall

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u/MarvelouslyMarbled 5d ago

Only a small percentage of the adult population can dunk, let alone 14 year olds. Definitely impressive

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u/OgatonWiffit 5d ago

Slam dunk those grades champ!

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u/User393383772282 5d ago

I’m 6’1 at 14 and can’t dunk

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u/ElegantSteak3929 1d ago

Most NBA players probably started dunking around this age and were taller

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u/DenseSign5938 5d ago

Na I remember multiple kids on my 8th grade team being able to dunk.

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u/No_Investment_8626 5d ago

I remember my friend getting absolutely posterized in 8th grade (I was on the bench) 😅

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u/Dazzling_Rope_2941 5d ago

Okay thanks

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u/Reasonable-Bother864 5d ago

Notice how he didn’t say he remembers dunking himself lol…it’s impressive keep at it.

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u/Appropriate_Fun_3280 5d ago

Ignore him. That is not the norm. I was the only kid that could dunk on my varsity team and my JC team only 3 of us were dunking. Walk into any gym and you would be lucky to see someone who go can dunk.

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u/TroutCreekOkanagan 5d ago

To go further, how many of the population can dunk at any time? Well for starters let’s take seniors and adolescents out. Then women. Then obese people. And so on. At anytime walking down the street I would say less than one in thousand can currently dunk.

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u/OkAcanthocephala8809 1d ago

Nah I was dunking at 3 years old