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alestor91:
Hey there! I tried registering on this website a year or so ago and was unable to do so. I tried again last week and it worked finally lol. Anyways...My end goal is to dunk. I'm 23, weigh 153 lbs, and I'm not resistance trained. Here are my vertical jump stats.
Standing vertical jump: 28"
Running vertical jump: 33.5"
AGC:
How big are your hands? I'm guessing if you're fairly short then palming the ball might be hard unless you have discus-thrower hands. If not then you really need to be at ~10'10'', which would be a ~45'' jump. Or if it's just a lob, maybe 10'6'' would just scrape it in, in which case, still a 41'' jump. Not impossible but....highly elite to say the least. Dunking gets exponentially harder the shorter you are in terms of how far right-skewed you need to be on the vertical jump normal distribution. 6'3'' and 30'' vert (average jump height)? You can probably dunk. 5'7'' and 40'' (excellent jump height)? You probably can't. Not just because of pure vertical distance but also hand size as I mentioned. Are you strength-trained? I'd think about becoming an Olympic lifting demigod, combined with jump practice, that's prob your best bet.
vag:
I second everything that acole said.
7'25'' is an ok length though, you might probably be able to palm the ball if you practice and train it a bit.
But still, i guess a perfectly timed lob is a better bet for you. Because when you jump with the ball in your hands , you lose a couple of inches from your jump ( inferior arm swing ).
So to get to that 10'6'' with the ball in your hands, you need to be able to get around 10'8'' without it, so now it is 45''.
33 to 43 is doable, much more doable for someone who has never lifted. The first 4-5'' inches should be rather easy, but then it takes much more effort and planing and time. But it is doable.
Now, generally doable does not mean it is doable for you. Get yourself to a gym, you might have never lifted but you may already be freakish strong. We need to determine your absolute and relative strength ( squat ) before starting to suggest things.
:welcome:
alestor91:
--- Quote from: vag on April 02, 2015, 03:56:43 am ---I second everything that acole said.
7'25'' is an ok length though, you might probably be able to palm the ball if you practice and train it a bit.
But still, i guess a perfectly timed lob is a better bet for you. Because when you jump with the ball in your hands , you lose a couple of inches from your jump ( inferior arm swing ).
So to get to that 10'6'' with the ball in your hands, you need to be able to get around 10'8'' without it, so now it is 45''.
33 to 43 is doable, much more doable for someone who has never lifted. The first 4-5'' inches should be rather easy, but then it takes much more effort and planing and time. But it is doable.
Now, generally doable does not mean it is doable for you. Get yourself to a gym, you might have never lifted but you may already be freakish strong. We need to determine your absolute and relative strength ( squat ) before starting to suggest things.
:welcome:
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Thanks! One of my good friends who lives nearby has a squat rack and a ton of equipment so I'm gonna go there to test out my maxes tomorrow. I will record the session for form critiques. Also, I will post some jump vids for critiques as well.
vag:
That would be great.
Although keep in mind that it might take a few sessions to find your real max, you can't just go squat for the first time in your life and get a reliable max. But you gotta start, haha.
Videos of squats and jumps will be very very helpful.
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