Rudy's Got Something Up His Heel

[¹²³]

What's the Spanish phrase for "dunk contest champion?" When I arrived at practice, Rudy was showing off one of the most popular soccer tricks around -- the rainbow -- a move where you roll the ball back against your heel and then flick it over your entire body. Here's what it looks like.

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So I walk into the gym and see Rudy (in a group with Coach Monty, Travis and Nic) shooting his post-practice shots and rainbowing a few times. He then pantomimed catching his own alleyoop pass off of a backheel rainbow and throwing down a two handed reverse slam. Um... please do that in the dunk contest. Please. That would be sick. I give it a 10!

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That would be cool. Althought having played some soccer and living in Brazil I don't really think it's all that likely he can pull it off, it's harder to do it with a basketball and I am not so sure how good are Rudy's soccer skills.

 

[¹²³]

Sorry, missed the other thread, just merge or delete this one.

 

[Rodolfo]

How about something like this?

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[KingSpeed]

That would be sweet.

 

[MARIS61]

How about something like this?

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Clearly a charge should have been called.

 

[BalancedMan]

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That would be cool. Althought having played some soccer and living in Brazil I don't really think it's all that likely he can pull it off, it's harder to do it with a basketball and I am not so sure how good are Rudy's soccer skills.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him do something like that. It isn't very difficult to do, for as hard as it looks. About five years ago I was a freshman at OSU and everyone on my intramural basketball team (except for me and the PG) could dunk. During pre-game warmups they all dunked. So I rolled the ball on the floor like a soccer ball and rainbow kicked it to myself for a layup. It was pretty slick. And totally doable.