Anonymous
Years ago
Does anyone remember when this used to happen regularly as a gesture of encouragement or support to a teammate? These days it doesn't happen anymore and I'm curious as to why. Is it just the general political correctness escalation where everyone is extremely careful of their actions in case they offend someone?
ME
(he/kangaroo)
Years ago
I have seen it at the pro levels with some older coaches on TV but it doesn't seem to be the 'done thing' any more over here. I am kind of glad for that. I never used to do the slapping, but I found we had an old coach who used to do it. It made me slightly uncomfortable. I have known the coach for a while and I know there was nothing weird behind it, but it's not something I support.
RMQ
Years ago
Haha great thread. Thinking about it, can't say I've been butt slapped while playing for a while.
I usually do a side thigh tap with the back of my hand following a well done fist bump or fore arm five.
I think it's the closest I'd get to slapping another mans ass without it being weird haha
Jack Toft
Years ago
A pat on the back is quite OK, leave the slapping of the bum to soccer players and wedding planners called Serge
Dazz
Years ago
Nate Jawai is a frequent practitioner of the butt slap, nothing weird about that.
andrewbprice
Years ago
Here's a good one from the NBL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBwgBHmXhGU
kingpodge
Years ago
The bum slap is a sacred hallmark of the game and should be preserved no matter what. Change from 12 to 10 minutes quarters, change the distance for hte 3 point line, add in 3 second rules and what not, but don't touch the bum slap.
The bum slap is basketball.
#SaveTheBumSlap
bane187
Years ago
This has never gone down well in my mixed basketball league although I continue to persist with it.
Girls like bane187 are precisely the reason I don't play mixed basketball. Felt like i was in a nightclub at times
cat
Years ago
bane ,you were going well until you included the opposition players in the festivities
an umpire running away from you is not a signal to continue bum slapping her either
Duke Fan
Years ago
This reared its head at our practice on Thursday. One of our rookies objected to a bum tap from a team mate, calling him a "f&*^ing weirdo"
We soon set him straight.
Kids these days. Wonder how he's going to handle the nudie run at the end of the season?
Bear
Years ago
Etiquette or appropriateness, depends on the make up of the team. Obviously not a huge issue for adults or kids the same age who are the same gender and know each other very well, but where it becomes awkward, even embarrassing I suggest is where ages are in disparity and the slipper is not so known by the slappie.
When coaching I have always stuck to the gentle head rub and middle back tap, but never the butt slap, to be fair, never seen it appropriate in that case, but player to player is a different story, no issue in the appropriate circumstances.
In these days of extreme political correctness however, you get that look after you do a butt slap and you continue where it isn't accepted, be warned...
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