BIG VERTICAL VIDEO: BETTER HOPS IN HIGH SCHOOL

The video that follows illustrates how much building a big vertical jump can pay off in high school.  It shows a 5-11 player driving to the basket and dunking over a 6-6 defender in a state championship game played this month.  Note when it is said he dunks over his opponent, that is to be taken literally.

Not every high school athlete will get such an opportunity but each and every athlete can vastly improve their vertical jump reach should they choose to do so.  Big hops are not just for those born that way.  Most athletes can work their way into that category as well.

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COMPARE YOUR VERTICAL TO THE PROS

Ever wonder how your vertical jump stacks up against some of the best athletes around? At least a partial answer is provided herein.

This is not a comparison with older, well established professional athletes but instead with aspiring pros in one sport, basketball, most all of whom are well established major college hoop stars.

The numbers are taken from the June 2009 NBA Combine that is comprised of mostly college juniors and seniors who are considered legitimate pro prospects. Not all of them will make it into the NBA but the fact is that they are being seriously considered as possible draftees.

So here is where your comparison can begin. Rather than provide the entire list of prospects, for the purposes of this article a range will be identified in two categories. Make note of the following.

NO STEP VERTICAL JUMP:

Low: 24.5 inches- Greivis Vasquez, Maryland

High: 34 inches- Jermaine Taylor, Central Florida

MAXIMUM VERTICAL JUMP:

Low: 28 inches- Greivis Vasquez, Maryland

Austin Daye, Gonzaga

High: 40 inches- Jonny Flynn, Syracuse

When you see teams like Maryland, Gonzaga and Syracuse listed, it is clear that these are well established athletes from schools consistently ranked in the Top 25. If an athlete starts on those teams, they are certainly good players and if they are invited to the NBA Combine based upon their intercollegiate performance, they are very good players.

Consider the low end measures. Greivis Vasquez, a well established ACC star who is currently leading Maryland into the NCAA Tournament, has a 24.5 inch standing vertical and a 28 inch maximum vertical. That is the perfect place to start your comparison. How does your jump reach measure up to that of a major college star and probable pro hooper?

The truth is you either may not be all that far behind, you may already be in the same range or your numbers may be better. And should you already be feeling a little bit more pleased about your vertical jump, consider the following as well.

If your current standing vertical jump is at:

16 inches- it could be at 26 inches

18 inches- it could be at 28 inches

20 inches- it could be at 30 inches

24 inches- it could be at 34 inches

28 inches- it could be at 38 inches

and so on up the ladder.

Although it may see like an unbelievable stretch, adding ten or more inches to your vertical jump reach can be done by the vast majority of athletes. But that requires that you know exactly what to do and how to do it.

Vertical jump development is a comprehensive, multi-faceted science based task. Without the proper knowledge those big increases cannot be achieved but with an established and proved training program, ten inches or more is doable.

Of course, a strong work ethic is also required. Once you know exactly how to train the most important factor becomes the training itself. As is the case with literally everything else, there is no free lunch when it comes to getting yourself into the NBA Combine jump measurement category. Sweat equity is fundamental to this particular level of achievement.

The truth is that 24.5 inches is a number that almost any competent and dedicated athlete can reach. Frankly, so is 28 inches.

What holds you back from that kind of greatness? More than anything else it is proper training information. The link below is provided so that you can review one of the most successful comprehensive vertical jump training programs available. If you take the time to read about it you will get an excellent idea of what is required.

More to the point, if you train in the fashion that is outlined there, others will end up comparing their vertical measurement to yours. Not a bad turn of events.

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JUMP TRAINING IGNORANCE LEADS TO INJURY

Most athletes want to be able to jump high. Some do so based upon inborn talent. They were just put together right from the very start. They can leap and really do not know why. It just happens.

The majority of us, on the other hand, are not so gifted. We probably qualify in the range of average. Some of us a little above average, some of us a little below the norm. The bad news for all of those in this category is that we learn to accept our reality and move on to other things.

That is a huge mistake. Athletes who jump in the normal range can easily move up into the well above average category via a simple formula that entails the combination of proper training knowledge and a strong work ethic. In other words, smarts and determination.

What is important to note here is that the role of being well informed relative to the details of training cannot be over emphasized. When an athlete knows exactly what to do, and of course does it, the results can be spectacular.

But that requires proper knowledge. Without it we too often see the well intended blind leading the well intended athlete. Getting the right information absolutely requires that the jump trainee consult only the experts. There are far fewer of those than most might assume.

For instance, there are very few coaches anywhere who do not have enough confidence in themselves to believe that they have all the answers. Coaches in fact are notorious for such beliefs. In fairness, we all need to recognize that such behavior is common to human nature. We all tend to be victims to such thought processes. Therein lies the problem for athletes who really want to become leapers.

The far greater percentage of coaches were at one time competitive athletes. As such, they know by experience how things go and therefore often do not bother to consult the experts. After all, not all the experts were athletes let alone successful athletes. Why listen to them?

Because expertise only comes from deep research which may or may not include personal experience. Increasing jump reach has developed over time into a science. In order to grow a leap beyond just two to four inches, one must have a comprehensive training program that addresses all of the factors involved in the science of jumping.

Worse yet for both trainer and trainee is the reality that improper training, no matter how well intended, can and more often than not does lead to injury. In fact, far too often that turns out to be serious injury that becomes a major set back to the competitive careers of athletes.

Ignorance does, in the everyday world of sports, lead to injury. And as every athlete knows, injury is not a desired or helpful outcome.

Unfortunately, far too many coaches rely on their personal experiential knowledge to train their athletes. Even more significant is the reality that far too many athletes depend upon the limited expertise of other more successful athletes on how to become more of a leaper.

Thus competitors end up training in ways that create physical and nutritional imbalances that lead to injury and physical breakdowns. No doubt that everyone involved has all the right intentions. What is lacking is the proper training expertise.

The choice for athletes is clear. Proceed with partially informed training and hope for the best but face high odds for injury. Or be smart. Seek out experts, particularly those who have done the research, know the science and have done the first person experiential work to prove the validity of their program. In the end, being smart trumps just plain sheer effort. More to the point, those two factors are a powerful combination when put together.

The formula is simple. To avoid injury and the accompanying set backs that entails, get properly informed. To develop a better understanding of what is required, follow the link below to get an idea of what a proved and valid training system entails. It is a very useful introduction into the world of what the science of jumping requires.

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