Whats easier, 1foot or 2 foot take off for dunking?

[plowking]

I was never a great 2 footed dunker. The best I could do really was a reverse, or just two hand power dunk.

1 footed was my thing. Could reverse pump, windmill and do a pretty ugly looking 360.

I think it's a preference thing. Human's are creatures of habit, so I guess what you grow up watching and practicing becomes more efficient. I never practiced 2 footed dunks since I was better from a one footed take off from the get go. The first time I ever tried to touch the ring I ran up and took off from one foot. Other kids ran up and powered up off two.

[Myth]

i think 1 foot dunks are for taller guys with long arms. my wingspan is only 2 inch longer than my height so i think thats why 2ft is easier for me

I guess that makes sense. I was more of an explosive leaper, but I'm short by basketball standards (5'9"), so I required 2 legs. If you are tall, you may not need as much explosiveness to your leaps and practice the 1 legged dunks.

[Sakkreth]

I am 6'2 aswell, barely can dunk of two feet, but of one feet quite easily including reverse and some other stuff. And yeah might be right about long arms = 1feet dunkers, I have quite big wingspan.

[Rake2204]

Like what PlowKing suggested, I think it's preference in a lot of regards. There might be a predisposition to a particular dunking style, but I think the general ease of one foot dunking versus two foot is relatively habitual.

Personally, it seems most beginning dunkers I know (including myself back yonder) attempt to do so while jumping off one foot. Perhaps it tends to allow for the most seamless transition between a momentous build-up and explosive takeoff.

That said, as I've mentioned before, there was a time where I discovered jumping off two feet (leading with my left foot forward), so I was hammering off two with a powerful windup. However, I somehow got so interested in two foot takeoffs that I more or less lost the ability to dunk off one foot for my junior and senior years of high school. As a result, my in-game dunking opportunities evaporated.

Long story short, I think a lot of the ease is, in fact, about habit. Once I re-committed to one-foot dunking post-high school, I began jamming in games all over the place. I like the feeling of two hand dunks (now a right foot forward two-hand dunker) but they're tougher for me to pull off on the run. Much better to be able to sprint and seamlessly rise off one.

I also say don't count yourself out of in-game dunking. I am just 6'3'' or 6'4''-ish. Depending on your age, you could still have a fair amount of strength development remaining.

[Mr Exlax]

2 feet if you're right under the rim since you're gonna need power.
1 foot if you're away from the rim and need distance.

that's how it was for me anyway.

[ralph_i_el]

one foot dunks allow for more forward momentum because you aren't required to slow down as much as when you dunk off 2. Dunks off 2 feet have a higher vertical potential.

This is why guys with longer arms are usually 1 foot dunkers in the NBA. They don't depend on their vert as much to get the ball to rim level.

BG=short arms for his size as an NBA player.

Bigs who spend a lot of their time in the paint tend to go off 2 because they don't always have a runway to gather forward momentum.

I can get fingers over the rim off 2 (5'11 6'3 wingspan) and I'm not close off 1 with a running start.

[Bandito]

I was never a great 2 footed dunker. The best I could do really was a reverse, or just two hand power dunk.

1 footed was my thing. Could reverse pump, windmill and do a pretty ugly looking 360.

I think it's a preference thing. Human's are creatures of habit, so I guess what you grow up watching and practicing becomes more efficient. I never practiced 2 footed dunks since I was better from a one footed take off from the get go. The first time I ever tried to touch the ring I ran up and took off from one foot. Other kids ran up and powered up off two.

How tall are you?

Do you have vids? Because there is no way I can't believe you could dunk unless you were at least 6'5''

[ralph_i_el]

How tall are you?

Do you have vids? Because there is no way I can't believe you could dunk unless you were at least 6'5''

I see white dudes 6'2"-6'4" dunking at the outdoor courts nearest me and they aren't even good.

I believe plowking

[Straight_Ballin]

Im 6'2 and i can only grab the rim. Thats off 2 feet tho. i can touch but not hang off of a 1 foot take off. I feel like it would be easier to dunk off 1 foot because i can barely get high off it but i can still touch rim. Any advice?

Uh, stop being a beta and work on jump training mabye? At 30 years old 6'1 I could dunk off 1 foot. At 6'2, if you do some air alert you will be dunking over people like it's nothing.

[Rake2204]

one foot dunks allow for more forward momentum because you aren't required to slow down as much as when you dunk off 2. Dunks off 2 feet have a higher vertical potential.

This is why guys with longer arms are usually 1 foot dunkers in the NBA. They don't depend on their vert as much to get the ball to rim level.

BG=short arms for his size as an NBA player.

Bigs who spend a lot of their time in the paint tend to go off 2 because they don't always have a runway to gather forward momentum.

I can get fingers over the rim off 2 (5'11 6'3 wingspan) and I'm not close off 1 with a running start.

Hmm, I'll have to think about the long arm/one-foot correlation. I haven't really seen a real deal connection up to this point. I understand I'm only one instance, but as a short-armed 6'3'', I always felt one-footed dunking was easiest, simply because it was what worked for me.

[TheReal Kendall]

I used to be able to dunk both ways but 1 ft always seemed easier to me

[Cocaine80s]

Uh, stop being a beta and work on jump training mabye? At 30 years old 6'1 I could dunk off 1 foot. At 6'2, if you do some air alert you will be dunking over people like it's nothing.

you are way too old to be trolling on this forum

[sammichoffate]

1 foot usually is easier, most people don't stop to do a layup while driving or doing fastbreaks unless it's against a defender. Just more natural imo, but do whatever feels more natural to you.

[sd3035]

1 foot running, 2 feet standing. Also, two handed dunks seem more natural off a two foot take off

[sd3035]

Also you don't need to be able to palm the ball to throw it down with one hand. For some reason some dummies think that you have to