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Title: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 09:46:11 am
How high do you think I am here (rim is 9'8 ):

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8595/raptordunk295m.jpg)
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Joe on August 11, 2013, 10:04:11 am
can't see your eyes but based on your posts probably pretty baked
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 11:35:37 am
can't see your eyes but based on your posts probably pretty baked

I was sure it was going to come to this. I need serious comments :P
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: TKXII on August 11, 2013, 11:36:03 am
33-35?
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 11:37:17 am
33-35?

Based on what?

Rim is 2.95 tall. My reach is 2.41. Here I see to be about 2 palms or 40 cm over the rim in my estimation.

That gets 2.95 + 40 = 3.35 high touch.

3.35 - 2.41 = 94 cm which would be 38 inches.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 11:39:59 am
On the other hand, if the jump is 94 cm then I'm with my head at 2.76m, which means I'm 19 cm away from the rim. It doesn't look like I'm 19 cm away from the rim in that picture. Looks like 30 cm or so.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: ChrisM on August 11, 2013, 01:12:06 pm
How tall are you again? Looks like mid 30s if your 6'2-3ish?
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 02:25:34 pm
I'm 5'11-6'0 (1.82m)
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: ChrisM on August 11, 2013, 02:59:24 pm
I always thought you were taller, hmm, I'd say 36-38 then. Hard to judge but decent estimate IMO. :/
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: ChrisM on August 11, 2013, 03:02:19 pm
Side note, I'm jealous of your reach lol
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 04:03:48 pm
Yeah well like I've done the calculations above... looking at where the hand is/how much the arm gets over the rim - gets my vert to about ~38 inches.

But that would mean my head would be 19 cm away from the rim which is 8 inches, and it doesn't look to be 8 inches away from the rim, more like 12.

So... something is fishy.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: ChrisM on August 11, 2013, 04:09:41 pm
Maybe you stretch out more during a dunk?
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: seifullaah73 on August 11, 2013, 05:22:48 pm
How high do you think I am here (rim is 9'8 ):

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8595/raptordunk295m.jpg)

I would say that since you're highest reach is 2.41m
and the rim is 9'8 and the square behind the rim of a regular backboard is smaller than regular 16 inches but your hand is not high as the top of the mark so minus around 4 inches so that is 12 inches above hoop.

the rim is 9'8 which is 294cm + 30cm = 324cm

reach is 241cm

so your vert would be approximately around:
 
   83cm, which is 32.7 inches rounding up to 33"
   
   33 Inches

So your vert is between 30 - 34 inches

Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 05:28:45 pm
Um... not sure if you noticed but... that backboard isn't exactly an "official backboard" :P

The square looks taller than just 16 inches. You shouldn't worry about the square though.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: ChrisM on August 11, 2013, 05:52:38 pm
This is easy....measure to your elbow. Your elbow is basically at the rim so there's your answer! :)
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2013, 05:57:59 pm
No way it's at the rim. It's perspective. The rim is definitely above the elbow.

If there's one palm from the end of my palm to the rim then that's 20 cm above the rim... + 20 my palm that's 40 cm above the rim which would be a 3.35... that would end up being a 94 cm jump.

But my head IS NOT at 1.82 + 94 = 2.76... no way. That would be only 19 cm away from the rim and it's not.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: ChrisM on August 11, 2013, 06:05:05 pm
Then...the only explanation is that your slightly off center in the air when fully extended thus putting your arm higher(higher reach) but pulling your left side down and by relation your head slightly?

Shrug. :D
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: TKXII on August 11, 2013, 10:44:16 pm
based on your height, and your head being 30cm away from rim..

2.95m - .30m  = 2.65m = head height after jump

2.65m - 1.82m = .83m.

Head height is probably a more reliable measure than reach, since many people deflate their reach by not trying to reach hard enough.

You've been dunking on this rim for a while right? Why don't you actually just jump up as high as possible with the ball in hand (since I think I read once you said how you cannot jump as high without the ball in your hand), and see how much of your arm you can scrape against the rim... then calculate how high you jump based on where on your arm the rim touched... pretty simple and more accurate than estimating.

Is this a PR for you?

edit: now that I look at it a little more... i could actually believe your head is only 20cm away from the rim. it's just hard to estimate based on that low res picture. And it does look like your feet could be at least 3+ feet off the floor so I could believe it if it was 38, your arm is pretty high after all, definitely about two hands lengths above the rim.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 12, 2013, 04:24:07 am
Yeah it's really really weird... my arm look a TON over the rim yet my head doesn't look that close to the rim.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: LBSS on August 12, 2013, 11:26:46 am
33-38"  :lololol:
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: Raptor on August 12, 2013, 12:38:52 pm
And I'm between 4'5 and 7'7 tall.
Title: Re: How high am I here?
Post by: vag on August 20, 2013, 11:37:49 am
Vertec eye estimation : 37'' ( +- 1.5'' ).