What is your vertical leap?
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My vert was crap but my running jump was way better.
But when Aaron Harrison went on that tourney run of big 3 after 3 my vert was about 40 lol
But when Aaron Harrison went on that tourney run of big 3 after 3 my vert was about 40 lol
I never measured mine back in the day. But, I'm 5'9" and could grab the rim. So it had to be decent for a suburban white boy.
Whatever Hamidou squats, I squat at least 2x that, and I only weigh 15 more pounds than him, and yet my vertical is somewhere in the mid 20s.
Learned a lot about muscle functionality in trying to figure out why that is.
Learned a lot about muscle functionality in trying to figure out why that is.
It was pretty good back in HS when I was on the track team. I'm 58 years old now, so it's not much. I do play volleyball a couple times a week and I can jump. But maybe a foot, tops!
Mine was pretty high when my daddy kicked me in the butt! :flushed:
5'10" and could dunk volleyball in my teens; used to run high hurdles with ankle weights and work out on leg press with 600+.
Then life came along......got married, worked construction, and factory for 40+ years and before my knee surgery a week ago I was using a cane to get up/ down steps.
Enjoy life while you can because it goes by fast; I know I have so far:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:! [banana][banana][banana][banana] :football::basketball::baseball::golf:
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Then life came along......got married, worked construction, and factory for 40+ years and before my knee surgery a week ago I was using a cane to get up/ down steps.
Enjoy life while you can because it goes by fast; I know I have so far:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:! [banana][banana][banana][banana] :football::basketball::baseball::golf:
izza::burger::cool2::cool2::cool2::cool2:I never could jump off my toes but i used to be able to climb a 100' rope hand over hand. (A while ago...)
right now and I just measured it....being a young dude at 66....I jumped......3/16ths of an inch.....now that's getting some air and hang time boys
It's not how you take off. It's how you land. If you can walk away from it, it's a good landing.
I'm fairly certain my vertical is a negative. Plus, I don't want to think about landing with my knees and feet.
Now terrible because im getting old but with a little practice i bet i could still get at least 26-30" many years ago when i played it measured several times and it would vary from 36"-41" from the various camps i attended and schools checking me out. It all depended on how good i felt that day, the floor etc. Some places had a board you jumped straight up and your finger would make a swipe on it. Others had these little tubes hanging down that were in 1" increments. I wasnt fond of these because sometimes the longer ones would jam your finger keeping you from hitting the next smaller one.
I could first dunk in 7th grade when i was 5'7", i had some good genes as uncle played at Virginia Tech and dad was triple A baseball. But i learned it took hard work to get where you wanted. I practiced jumping and my uncle would put me through weight training on my legs and body motion like he was taught. I even had some old shoes with these blocks screwed from the soil of the shoe into them so i would always be walking on the front part of my feet. Of course stretching is key as well as strength.
I dont care what color you are most people have the ability to do what they think they cant do. Just have to work at it.
I could first dunk in 7th grade when i was 5'7", i had some good genes as uncle played at Virginia Tech and dad was triple A baseball. But i learned it took hard work to get where you wanted. I practiced jumping and my uncle would put me through weight training on my legs and body motion like he was taught. I even had some old shoes with these blocks screwed from the soil of the shoe into them so i would always be walking on the front part of my feet. Of course stretching is key as well as strength.
I dont care what color you are most people have the ability to do what they think they cant do. Just have to work at it.
I jumped high enough to get stuck once when I was 18. That's how full of it I was.
I was a 5'9 NBA wannabe too and was able to dunk a tennis ball. Never actually measured my hops but had to be at least 36 inches.
My 4'11 mom and 5'8 dad were great people but a terrible gene pool for my NBA aspirations!!
48 years old and can still go threw my legs with basketball and dunk.
5'7", could dunk a mini bball or tennis ball. Use to out jump 6'2" guys all the time for headballs in soccer. My college soccer coach stood me up in front of a camp he was doing, had coached 30 years, said he never coached a better player in the air than me(half the campers were taller than me).
Like some mentioned, weights made a huge difference. Was strong in my legs and used to bench 320 in college, weighing 175. Jumping in soccer is like rebounding, not shooting. Bodies hanging off you, need strength to clear space and still go up. Having a good eye for the ball and reaction to where the ball is going is huge as well. If you see the flight or trajectory of the ball before, and you are strong enough to keep your position, you will often win(think Chuck Hayes, Oakley, Rodman-not big guys as per height, but strong bases and strong upper bodies).
Not bragging, just relating my experience and observations. As I broke my back playing soccer, and discovered it years later, I have a hard time jumping over a piece of paper now. You lose timing, strength, etc if you don't stay with it and if time and mileage catch up, and they will.
Like some mentioned, weights made a huge difference. Was strong in my legs and used to bench 320 in college, weighing 175. Jumping in soccer is like rebounding, not shooting. Bodies hanging off you, need strength to clear space and still go up. Having a good eye for the ball and reaction to where the ball is going is huge as well. If you see the flight or trajectory of the ball before, and you are strong enough to keep your position, you will often win(think Chuck Hayes, Oakley, Rodman-not big guys as per height, but strong bases and strong upper bodies).
Not bragging, just relating my experience and observations. As I broke my back playing soccer, and discovered it years later, I have a hard time jumping over a piece of paper now. You lose timing, strength, etc if you don't stay with it and if time and mileage catch up, and they will.
Whatever 6' tall with 6' wingspan that could dunk with the palm sized ball would be easily one handed.. Have Donald Trump hand problems and couldn't palm a full size ball.. That's was before 15 years of crawling in the coal mines pushed my vertical into the negatives.. I did those vertical training things back in the early 90s.. Actually worked..
How tall are you? I'm 48 as well and 6' 1"......I could flat out dunk a basketball from my mid teens until around 30 or so. I doubt that I could grab the rim now lol
I could jump on a brick (laid flat) but would probably break some toes if I tried the same with a concrete block...
My Vertical isn't much but my Lateral is pretty good. I've gotta work on the landing though...
I am 6 feet tall and could out rebound a lot of guys bigger than me . A lot of block out and and timing .