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Well, ask Adam. Probably a good way for implementing that over time is the pen drill (by the way - any idea why it's named the "pen" drill?).

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Probably because you're even less reactive/you're not yet aware of how to use a shorter last step/you learned to reach out to the rim from basketball.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: NFL locker room 49ers
« on: August 03, 2010, 07:55:28 am »
That's coming from my experience with depth jumps followed by rebounds over objects/onto objects... it's usually quicker because you don't reach full hip extension when you need to get your feet up/knees up.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: NFL locker room 49ers
« on: August 03, 2010, 03:51:24 am »
This guy looks like DeFranco in a Rafer Alston+Dave Chappelle body. But he's pretty solid in what he talks about (hence the DeFranco allusion).

As for the depth jumps, I think the only positive part on a depth jump onto a box vs a depth jump to touch something high is the diminished GCT for the on the box depth jump. Now that's shouldn't really be the focus of depth jumping, but it still is something you can use for some people.

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i am too lazy to answer this, but i will, soon ;D


Definitely.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: RutgersDunker is up in here
« on: July 30, 2010, 06:40:47 pm »
I think you have your own freak thread in here somewhere.

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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: GALLERIES: High Jumpers
« on: July 30, 2010, 04:38:43 pm »
One more thing: look at Holm's right leg as he swings it (his position) and look at Thomas'. Holm has his right leg parallel, sideways, to his left, while Thomas has his right leg a little more backwards, which means he puts more strength into the jump and less tendon, in my opinion, since that will increase the amortization phase because the right leg swing will be longer.

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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: GALLERIES: High Jumpers
« on: July 30, 2010, 04:36:26 am »
I think they key is calf strength here. And it's a bit counter-intuitive since when we think "strength" we expect that muscle to generate concentric power to propel us, but here - strength is needed so that the muscle contracts isometrically strong and allows the tendon to deform and provide the power.

Like Kelly said in the past, the calves themselves don't do too much actively (maybe give you 8 inches of your total vert if you have like a 32 inch vert). But isometrically, and totally out of concentric talk, they do a lot to make you use your tendons.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Man Vs Beast
« on: July 27, 2010, 03:13:15 am »
usain beats the zebra

That's what I immediately thought about.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: amazing natural glute ham raise
« on: July 27, 2010, 03:09:02 am »
It's not hilarious... it's a good use for the Bosu ball.

It's a Carrot Top lookalike, dude.

That's just lame. Totally unfunny and imature.

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The danger I was talking about is from athletes trying to wait too long to put the feet down, reaching out further than they are capable, and landing on "locked" knees.  There are many cases of this and Ive seen several at combines myself during broad jump tests.

     The reason your squat hurts your knees is because your using so much forward knee travel.  In a properly performed, below paralell squat, the glutes feel like they almost completely take over until about midway up.  You are essentially performing a hip thrust up to that point if you think about it.  Your squatting technique wont permit you to drop the hips low enough below your kneecaps to experience this. When you go lower it requires even more forward knee travel, hence your increased pain.  Ive already tried to explain to you that this "pretty" squat you have in your head that a 4 foot 5  Chinese olympic lifter wearing weightlifting shoes performs is not going to be the optimal squatting position for taller, longer limbed guys like us.  Long legs, short torso, you are going to have to create some forward lean to squat correctly. Its really that simple, long torso/short legs- can stay very upright, short torso/long legs- need some forward lean.  Neither is better and neither is worse.  Whats bad is when a long leg/short torso lifter like you tries to emulate a perfectly upright torso position, causing crazy forward knee travel, or a long torso/short leg lifter tries to lean forward too much causing too much low back activity.  Their torso is a longer lever than ours, they have to keep it upright. 

Good post.

Yeah definitely, what Lance is saying makes a lot of sense so I totally agree with him. But the low bar squat is an enigma to me.

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Bios / Re: Animals
« on: July 26, 2010, 08:55:31 am »
Who would win? A pitbull or the hiena?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: amazing natural glute ham raise
« on: July 26, 2010, 08:43:26 am »
It's not hilarious... it's a good use for the Bosu ball.

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You bring up the knee pain from landing deep... but isn't deep squatting doing the same thing to the knees. I really can't get this "a full squat is a safe squat" stuff... I mean, the knee starts to being pulled as into a separation force when the femur gets lower than the knee...

For example, if I try to squat right now with my knee injured it's not that bad until I get lower than parallel. If the glutes would take over etc from that point on, how come my pain increases when lower than parallel? I never got this one.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: 1008lb Squat
« on: July 25, 2010, 04:03:05 pm »
Woman or man?

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