Notice how much coil & twisting torque T-DUB generates in the muscles, tendons, elastic fascia etc on Rucker Park NYC dunk vid below.
Coiling/twisting increases elastic energy through spiralling of the myosin filaments.“Muscular force is generated by actin and myosin filaments overlapping each other and forming cross-bridges…once the actin and myosin filaments have maximally overlapped, more tension can be realized by spiralling of the myosin filaments. A change in the length of the pitch of the actin helix may also boost force production during a very intense muscular contraction. Both processes can be compared to twisting a rubber band after it has fully contracted…it enables the muscle to store high amounts of elastic energy as the descending weight stretches the bands and the twists in the bands on the way down.”
BoingVERT::: T-DUB::: HAS ANYONE EVER JUMPED HIGHER ON A DUNK?.Notice how much winding/twisting torque is going through his Achilles tendons when he plants his feet.
See the feet slide in when he plants?. Left foot facing cam. Twisted repeats.
WOW!.
That is straight up achilles tendon/myosin filaments maximal overlap right there.
Guyton (1984) speculated that once the actin and myosin filaments have maximally overlapped, more tension can be realized by spiralling of the myosin filaments. A change in the length of the pitch of the actin helix may also boost force production during a very intense muscular contraction (Verkhoshansky & Siff, 1996). Both processes can be compared to twisting a rubber band after it has fully contracted.
Following on...
I just watched the vid in slow-mo just now from the front cam (head-on shot).
He plants his right foot first, as he plants that foot, he hasn't coiled his upperbody yet (counter-rotated into lowerbody/achilles tendon). His body is still facing forwards towards the basket at this point.
As the left foot plants, he counter-rotates/twists upperbody into lowerbody/Achilles. HUGE, HUGE counter rotation going on. At lift-off whole body/Achilles is coiled/twisted, you see his body facing the side on cam.). He's put massive coil into both right & left foot (planting) from counter-rotating with the upperbody. He just coils then uncoils. Even though he is putting coil through most of the body, it's the coil he produces in his Achilles/plant that is the defining factor.
HUGE ELASTIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.
Develop the strength in the gym, develop T-DUBS technique/coiling/elastic energy at the basket.
Video below.
Same lay-up & plants with nearly every dunk.
Look at 1:14. Exact same body angles produced as in the Rucker Park NYC vid, just a different run-up angle. Look carefully where his feet are pointing when he plants (crazy).
That is T-DUBS secret. The torque/coil he generates through his core/Achilles/knee tendons with every dunk (refer to quote).
The rod in the video below references exactly what is happening when we talk about spiralling/torquing/coiling of the myosin filaments, tendons, muscles, elastic fascia etc through months/years of coiled dunkin'.
Next time you watch the Rucker Park NYC dunk vid, think about the yellow rod in the vid. His hand at the bottom of the rod are T-DUBS Achilles.
The more you coil the rod (myosin filaments, tendons, muscles, elastic fascia etc), the faster everything snaps back (uncoils).
It doesn't matter how many exercises Air alert, BoingVERT, MadBounce etc etc come out with,
NO EXERCISE in terms of generating full body elastic energy can compete with T-DUBS planting technique.
NONE. You hearin' me adarqui?. (refer to quote). It's a combination of high bodyweight forces mixed with spiralling of the myosin filaments.
The Catapult Mechanism: Elastic Recoil of Fascial Tissues.Kangaroos can hop much farther and faster than can be explained by the force of the contraction of their leg muscles. Under closer scrutiny, scientists discovered that a spring -like action is behind the unique ability: the so-called catapult mechanism (Kram & Dawson 1998). Here the tendons and the fascia of the legs are tensioned like elastic bands. The release of this stored energy is what makes the amazing hops possible. Hardy surprising, scientist thereafter found the same mechanism is also used by gazelles. These animals are also capable of per-forming impressive leaping as well as running, though their musculature is not especially powerful. On the contrary, gazelles are generally considered to be rather delicate, making the springy ease of their incredible jumps all the more interesting.
Fascia expresses a significant increased elastic storage capacity (how much is still not truly known).
How is it developed?.
One way is preparatory counter-movement.
"Multidirectional movements, with slight changes in angle are utilized; this might include sideways or diagonal movement variations as well as spiralling rotations. With this method, large areas of the fascial network are simultaneously involved".Now I can see why T-DUBS movement is a perfect dunkin' exercise. It's full body.
