On Oct. 17, Kadour Ziani turned 36. Better known as the Flying man, Zianimal, the Dunkfather or whatever nickname he earned the past 20 years, the French-Algerian 5′11″ dude kept doing his thing on the worldwide courts: double windmill, 360° over people, kick the rim and other signatures moves acclaimed by numerous athletes and dunk fans.

Before getting this status of “legendary dunker,” Kadour played soccer professionally, broke some records in high jumping, played volleyball and handball. (He has this talent of being good at any discipline.)

Recently, he was invited to Phoenix, Arizona, to shoot a training DVD with Sport Videos, a distribution and production company specializing in multi-sport DVDs.

In this video Kadour will reveal some of his secrets to improving your body strength, suppleness, footwork and of course vertical leap.
Available Dec. for $30 on Sport Videos

Kadour Ziani in Arizona from Asphalt Chronicles on Vimeo.

In all of the basketball I have watched in my lifetime, only two players have made me want to show up early to a game, just so that I could watch the layup line. The first was Paul McPherson at the 2000 Rocky Mountain Revue in Utah. The second was Nate Robinson at the 2005 Vegas Summer League. Blessed with 40-plus-inch verticals and insane creativity, both were sure to treat the crowd to mini-dunk contests during each pregame warmup.

After watching the 24th annual Dolphin Basketball Classic over the weekend, I’m proud to add a third person to my prestigeous, yet insignificant list. Read More »