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Pretty good run-up as expected, although you could probably compress more in the jump. That will come with increased strength though.

That was when Adarqui looked like an actual man and not some alien caveman

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Quote from: Raptor on May 21, 2011, 04:52:36 pm

To me, if I try double arm swings in a maximal jump the jump leg is guaranteed to be overloaded and collapse.

So I think the key in getting this is to start submaximally and just focus on the arm swing while keeping the jumps short and not that tall (easy jumping) and increase jump amplitude over a few workouts.

Single arm swing does help me with dunking with the ball in hand though, since it makes the movement natural and easy.

so think about dunking the ball with two hands, off one leg...........

Well I suck at that

Quote from: steven-miller on May 20, 2011, 06:24:55 pm

Glad you guys like it!

@adarq: I actually got inspired by you with the socks sometime last year and wear them very often, usually when I do olympic lifts or for jumping. I actually have been wearing long socks for every volleyball competition for the entire last season. They are just awesome!

haha nice!!

ya man i love how high socks feel.. keeps my lower leg nice and warm, also somewhat compressive so it does feel better than with no socks.. i double/triple sock now.. hah

peace man

Maybe the most underrated part of that is the proprioceptive bonus that they give you. That's one of the reasons I wear thighs all the way down: having a material touch your skin makes you aware of your body position at all times.

I think the full squat is better suited for muscle gain as it's less specific to actual jumping but does recruit more muscle (better glute recruitment in a stretched position) and on a bigger rom, the TUT is longer and so on.

Half squatting is good for people who structurally don't squat good ATG or for people who are already at a high level muscularily and want more of a specificity workout at that point (better carryover to jumps).

If you're not used to it then it might make you too agitated and make you fatigue easily, so keep that in mind.

That's all fine but that's what I'm getting at with you overthinking everything.  On a VJ and speed forum when someone says "black" they're generally not referring to Kenyan americans. I think you knew that. When the OP mentioned dancing he's not referring to professional dancers or anyone whose ever received professional dance training.  Take a group of untrained people and have them dance (or do any other physical maneuver) and you get a look at what type of people are inherently good at it and which ones aren't. Same goes with artwork or any other skill.  There are exceptions to everything but look at general tendencies.

Translation: if a guy puts a gun at your head and says "of these 100 people, choose a guy that you think dances well. If he doesn't, you die" you, whoever you are, will pick a black guy.