The Lost Dunks - NBA Dunking Competition Documentary - World Documentaries

A slam dunk, likewise dunk or dunk chance, is a type of basketball shot that is done when a player jumps in the air, manages the sphere(s) above the straight aircraft of the rim, and ratings by putting the ball directly via the basket with one or both hands. Such a try was known as a "dunk shot" until the term "slam dunk" was created by Los Angeles Lakers announcer Chick Hearn.
The bang dunk is one of the most reliable basketball shot. It is a crowd-pleaser. Hence, the maneuver is often drawn out from the basketball game and showcased in slam dunk competitions. Perhaps the most popular is the NBA Slam Dunk Contest held during the yearly NBA All-Star Weekend. The influential version of the NBA slam dunk contest was held during half-time of the 1976 American Basketball Association All-Star Game.
Soaking was banned in the NCAA from 1967 to 1976. Numerous people have connected this to the prominence of the then-college phenomenon Lew Alcindor (now called Kareem Abdul-Jabbar); the no-dunking rule is sometimes described as the "Lew Alcindor policy.".
The phrase "bang dunk" has since gotten in popular use in American English, meaning a "sure thing": an activity with a guaranteed outcome, or an in a similar way impressive accomplishment, in the very same way that the baseball-inspired phrases "step up to home plate" or "he hit it out of the park" were more commonly made use of in previous years.
Dunk types pertain to tasks conducted while airborne, before completing the dunk; two or more dunk kinds may be executed while airborne. In addition to the fundamental one- or two-hand forward-facing dunk, there are a range of other dunks.