Some sessions define you. This one showed me I could be one of the best dunkers in the world.
I walked into the gym at Abilene Christian University mid-training cycle, my vertical sitting around 49 inches, not peak form. The place was packed with D1 football athletes from ACU, and something about that energy pushed me to jump higher than I ever had before. What followed was the best dunk session of my life up to that point.
Three Brand-New Dunks in One Session
I had no specific plan walking in, just to get reps. But the adrenaline from performing in front of those elite athletes pushed me to a different level entirely. I ended up hitting roughly three dunks I had never landed before, each one escalating the energy in that gym.
The first major milestone was landing my first-ever under-both on a regulation 10-foot hoop. For those unfamiliar, an under-both requires passing the ball under both legs while airborne and finishing the dunk cleanly. It demands elite hang time, body control, and coordination. Hitting it for the first time on regulation height was already a massive moment.
The 360 Under-Both: One of the First 10 People in History to Land It
After sticking the under-both, I locked in on something even more ambitious: the 360 under-both. I started going for it rep after rep, getting closer each attempt. Then it clicked.
I landed a 360 under-both on a regulation hoop and became one of approximately the first 10 people in the world ever to do it.
What made it even more rare was the hand transfer. My standard under-both uses a right hand to left hand transfer. This version was left hand to right hand, a completely different technique that I had never seen executed before. It was not just a new dunk for me. It was a new variation of the dunk itself.
A Low-View Video That Quietly Changed My Life
The video ended up with just over a thousand views. Not viral by any measure. But what happened next changed everything.
About a month after this session, I broke my hand, a brutal setback right when my momentum was building. Then Shaquille O’Neal came across my content, saw what I was doing, and personally invited me to join the Dunkman League, a new professional dunking competition with $500,000 on the line. I still had a broken hand when that invitation came in.
This session was what I held onto through all of it. It was proof that even mid-training cycle, I could perform at a level very few people ever reach. When doubt crept in during rehab, I kept coming back to what I did in that gym.
The Session That Redefined What I Thought Was Possible
I had never thought of myself as one of the best dunkers in the world before this session. After it, I could not unsee what I was capable of. The 360 under-both on a regulation hoop, with an opposite-hand transfer, in front of a gym full of D1 athletes. That was the moment I knew this could go somewhere real.
I am still chasing that level every single session, and the Dunkman League is where I get to prove it. Follow along on the official Dunkman Instagram for updates on the biggest stage. To learn more about my background and journey as a dunker, visit my About page, and subscribe to my YouTube channel to follow along.
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