Palming the ball. Most of my friends say that you can’t do one-handed dunks without palming the ball unless you are tall enough. Not necessarily! Sure it helps if you can palm the ball. You have better control over the ball and thus you are more confident in your dunks. This is important too.

Dunking tip - Lick you fingertips for better palming.

But instead, you can do it this way. The next time you go for a one-handed dunk, catch the ball with two hands right before you jump. Bring it up as your body goes up after you jump.

As you extend your arms, turn away your left hand (if you are right handed which of course means you dunk with your right hand, if you are left handed turn away your right hand) and as soon as you reach that point slightly above the rim you can dunk the ball. Read that carefully.

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Let’s look at some ways you can do in-your-face-dunks. For doing in-your-face-dunks, it’s far easier if you can palm the ball. That’s for sure. Unless of course you want to dunk with both hands which is little harder to do because of two reasons.

You can’t jump as high. That’s a fact.

If you dunk with both hands the level where the ball is can never be higher than if you dunk with one hand. And..

When you go up with a palmed ball in one hand is very easy to extend your whole body to the MAX and thus hide the ball from the defender.

So if you decide to dunk in someone’s face with one hand you can do it this way. While you are going against the rim and you see that the defender is trying to block you, you simply put the arm that is not holding the ball (with your wrist pointing at the defender) in front of you so that he won’t be able to reject you that easy.

It really helps because this way you are in a better position.

You can even hide the ball by extending the arm that you are holding the ball with even further. And assuming that he is not really 10 inches higher than you and 2 times stronger, you should be able to DUNK IN HIS FACE Let him know who he is dealing with. It will scare him even more the next time he tries to reject you because subconsciously he knows that you’ve already dunked in his face.

Another way you can do it is, if you decide to dunk with two hands. This helps if you are not as tall as your defender but you are little stronger.

If you are somewhat stronger, you can do it because of your body. Your body will dominate in the air and it will push his body away thus getting you closer to the rim.

If you decide to go with two hands you should hide the ball by bringing it behind your head if you have the time to do that (meaning you have a decent vertical leap)

Now, there is another very important factor and that is the positioning. If the defender is ready to reject you (assuming he is as tall as you are, and has about the same vertical leap and is about as strong as you are) then it’s more difficult thing to do as opposed to if he was 2 seconds late, meaning you’ll be in a better position.

How to dunk a basketball. Well there are a few things one needs to keep in mind when you start dunking a basketball. One is to remember there is a lot more to the game then just the dunk. And not to spend to much time on learning how to dunk. Even though its very fun and can be addicting. But some good things about dunking is when its done during the game and you are the one doing the dunking there are fewer things that will feel as great as that. It gets your fans and teammates into the game and even more important it gets you into the game and can be a big confidence booster and a moral buster for those your playing against.

If your athletic enough and can dunk any which way you want then I doubt you need to read this. But for others it takes time and practice. The best thing to do to become a better dunker is to work your legs. This helps more then just dunking. Running hills and jumping rope helps a lot. There are several different things you can do. I suggest finding out what leg workout works best for you.

Don’t spend to much time working on dunking. About 10 attempts after each workout or practice is about all you need. Its addicting I know. But try to make dunking apart of your game rather then just for showing off while shooting around.

Some like to jump off one leg and others like to jump off two. One leg is better for fast breaks and it helps you use your momentum a lot better. Two legs are better for post players who only take one dribble most of the time. When doing post moves this will help you go to the basket stronger.

When you jump always think ‘JUMP’ and jump as high as you can. Don’t always try to hang on the rim. Just putting it down helps a lot. A lot of dunks are missed because guys try to hang on the rim to show off. Most people who can dunk will do it with one hand. I like the two handed dunk better because I have more control over the ball. This is something that’s really just personal and no real orthodox way of doing it.

To sum it up dunking is not all there is about basketball its just apart of the game and only has been for a short time. It can help your game out and it can make your game worse. But it does help your confidence out to know you can do it whenever you want. Just practice and watch how others might do it. Try to learn from the best. But most of all work on the other parts of your game and just slowing bring dunking into yours.