Comments on: Why there are so few dunks in women’s basketball https://www.isegoria.net/2012/04/why-there-so-few-dunks-in-womens-basketball/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bill https://www.isegoria.net/2012/04/why-there-so-few-dunks-in-womens-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-492396 Bill Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:07:34 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28642#comment-492396 “Pole vault featured the biggest difference at 23 percent, but that’s likely because women have participated in that sport at the Olympic level only since 2000.”

Or maybe not. Pole vaulting requires a lot of upper body strength, and women have only about half the upper body strength of men (according to a Canadian study).

Nothing in the article you quoted surprises me, but it’s good to have scientific data. I used to play coed basketball for fun (as opposed to serious pickup games), and some of the women I played with were NCAA college athletes and I can tell you from personal experience that women are no match for men at basketball. Don’t force me to start in with the “back in the day” anecdotes…

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