That phrase has long been known, but it slowly transitioned into alley oop during the 1950’s when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Y.A.
The phrase comes from a French term alley hop!, which refers to the cry a circus acrobat makes right when they’re about to leap from one trapeze or platform to another. Either way, it ends the same.Īlley oop may sound like a bit of an odd term, and that’s because it has an interesting origin. The move is most common on fast breaks when the defense doesn’t have time to get set, but it can also be employed in a half court set when a guard drives into the middle of the defense and gets the big men to collapse, or on a special in-bounds play. It’s extremely hard to pull off, and requires a good amount of basketball IQ, but it’s extremely efficient and fun to execute correctly. In either case, the play counts as an assist for the player that threw the ball, and it’s two points for the team just like a normal dunk would be. Then, another player (typically a big man or high-flying wing) jumps up, grabs the ball in midair, and either lays it in the basket or (more commonly) slams it through the rim. When an alley oop occurs a player tosses the ball up either to or just above the rim. However, in practice it’s a much cooler (and harder to pull off) play. At its core, it’s simply a pass into a dunk. An alley oop is one of the most exciting and flashy moves in all of basketball.
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