더블 클러치, Double Clutch

레이업 중 블로킹을 피하기 위하여 공중에서 페이크를 넣거나 몸을 움츠린 후 다시 슛을 시도하는 동작. 기본적으로 체공시간이 상당히 길어야 하며, 그 와중에 팔동작을 할 수 있어야 하기에 어쩌면 덩크 보다도 더 어려울 수 있는 기술. 빠른 타이밍에 시도하는 더블 클러치라 해도 후반 동작을 노리고 블로킹을 시도하는 경우가 종종 생기니 여러 패턴을 몸에 익혀두는 것이 유리하다.

기술의 후반 동작은 리버스 레이업이나 스쿱샷 형태를 띄며, 결국 저런 다양한 기술들이 바탕이 되어야 제대로 구사할 수가 있다. 능력이 되면 후반동작에서 덩크를 하는 더블 클러치 덩크를 구사하는 선수도 있다.  

팔을 돌리는 것 뿐만 아니라 점프슛을 한번 접었다가 쏘거나, 공중에서 더블클러치를 하는 것이 아니라 스텝을 밟는 도중에 손을 바꾸는 등 여러 가지 방법이 있다. 기본적으로 슛 모션을 한번 취소하고 다른 슛모션으로 슛을 하는 것을 모두 더블 클러치라 말한다. 사실 91년 파이널에서 조던이 보여준 스위치핸드 레이업도 보통 팬들에게 익숙한 동작이 아니어서 그렇지 더블 클러치다.

더블클러치로 가장 유명한 선수는 마이클 조던이다. 국내에서는 NBA가 큰 인기를 끈 것이 조던이 30대를 넘어가고 고공플레이를 조금 자제하기 시작한 90년대 초~중반 이후라 조던의 시그니처 무브를 커리어 후반기에 그 완성도가 최고조에 달한 페이드어웨이로 기억하는 이들이 많은데, 사실 초창기 조던은 점프슛을 더블 클러치로 주로 던질 정도로 이것이 주특기였다. 그는 높은 점프력, 유연함, 공중에서 균형을 잡는 탁월한 감각을 보유하고 온갖 희한한 자세에서도 집중력을 잃지 않는 선수라 공중에서 수비에 의해 샌드위치가 되면서도 기어이 더블 클러치로 넣곤 했다.

그 유명한 "더 샷" 역시 더블클러치 점퍼에 가깝다. 더블 클러치 점프슛의 단점은 극단적인 2모션 점프슛이라 점프의 모멘텀을 모두 잃은 후 순수 상체힘만으로 쏘기 때문에 포물선이 낮고 스핀이 적게 먹어 정확도와 유효거리가 낮을 수밖에 없다는 것인데, 이 때문에 더블클러치 점퍼는 엄청난 터프샷이라 조던 혹은 조던 못지 않게 균형감각과 유연성을 지닌 코비 외에는 쏘는 선수가 없다시피 했다. 

이걸 공중에서 한번 더 움직이면 소위 "트리플 클러치"라고 하는데, 가장 유명한 건 역시 조던이 91년에 뉴져지 네츠와의 경기에서 시전한 것이다. 이후 19-20 nba 서부 컨퍼런스 파이널에서 컨디션이 한창 물오른 덴버 너겟츠의 자말 머레이가 이 트리플 클러치를 비슷하게 구현하며 화재가 되기도 했다. 경기중에 시도하여 성공할수만 있다면야 하이라이트 필름에 반드시 나올만한 기술인 셈이다.

 

 

 

 

 

The action of putting a fake in the air to avoid blocking during layup or attempting to shoot again after shrinking down. Basically, the flying time must be quite long, and in the meantime, the arm movement must be possible, so it may be more difficult than the dunk. Even a double clutch that attempts at a quick timing often tries to block for a later action, so it is advantageous to learn various patterns in the body.

The latter part of the technology takes the form of a reverse layup or scoop shot, and in the end, it can be used properly only when such various technologies are based on them. Some players use a double clutch dunk that dunks in the latter part of the movement when they are capable.

In addition to turning the arm, there are many ways to fold and shoot a jump shot, or to change hands while taking steps rather than double-clutching in the air. Basically, canceling a shot motion once and making a shot with another shot motion is called a double clutch. In fact, Jordan's switchhand layup in the 1991 final is not a movement that fans are familiar with, but it is also a double clutch.

Michael Jordan is the most famous player for double-clutching. In Korea, the NBA has been very popular since Jordan passed his 30s and began to refrain from playing high-altitude games a little, so many people remember Jordan's signature move as a fadeaway at its peak in the second half of his career, and in fact, Jordan's specialty in the early days was that he mainly threw jump shots as double clutches. He has high jumping power, flexibility, and a great sense of balance in the air, and does not lose concentration in all kinds of strange positions, so he used to put his gears into double clutches while being sandwiched by defense in the air.

The famous "The Shot" is more like a double-clutch jumper. The downside of a double-clutch jump shot is that it is an extreme two-motion jump shot that loses all of the jump momentum and shoots with only pure upper body force, so the parabola is low and the spin is low, so the accuracy and effective distance are low. Because of this, a double-clutch jumper is a tremendous tough shot, no one shoots except for Jordan, who has a sense of balance and flexibility as well as Kobe.

One more move in the air is called the "triple clutch," most famously Jordan's test performance against the New Jersey Nets in 1991. Since then, the Denver Nuggets' Jamal Murray, who was in the midst of a 19-20 nba Western Conference Final, has been caught on fire, embodying the triple clutch. It is a skill that is definitely on the highlight film if you can try and succeed during the game.