How can I jump higher?

[BlancoNino]

I'm pretty well build (very muscular legs with a fairly cut upper body) but I can barely get off the ground when I jump.

How do I jump higher? It's pathetic how high I can jump...

 

[tm37]

Jimmy says you need the shoes

 

[yosuke188]

Jump every day, and eventually you will jump higher.

 

[The Green Bean]

use the diving board.

 

[SophalotJack]

jump rope, and squats.

and jumping as high as you can from squat position.

 

[tfinch2]

Jump off a tall bridge. If you survive, you will have a 40 inch verticle.

 

[vi edit]

Plyometrics

 

[jlee]

Squats. :thumbsup:

 

[Rubycon]

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:laugh:

Or move to the moon. 😉

 

[dopcombo]

Yeah Squats.

Try this exercise. Stand with your back against the wall, then slowly step your legs out while keeping your back straight and against the wall.
When you reach 90 degrees at your hips and your knees, hold that position for 1 minute, then slowly step back up until your feet are again straight. Repeat until you collapse. 🙂

Alternatively, when I used to train for volleyball, we used to piggy back our teammates and do squats.

Another exercise I remember the basketball team doing was repeat jumps. You want to not only build up the "one time strength", but also the repeat strength if you're doing this for a ball game. Just jump up, and the moment you land, instantly go up again. Don't let your muscles rest, and repeat till you collapse. 😛

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: tm37
Jimmy says you need the shoes

 

[UncleWai]

Stand on a curb with the front half of your foot, go up and down with your foot until your calf burns, switch leg. That will improve your jumping ability.

 

[sash1]

as long as you're white, you're SOL 😛

 

[SoulAssassin]

http://www.hoopskills.com/jumping/strengthshoes.html

These actually do work. You wear them when you workout/practice obviously not during games. As they say on the page, putting all your weight on the front of your foot increases the work your calves have to do.

 

[flyboy84]

rocket pack

 

[hypn0tik]

Turn black

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Plyometrics

 

[TheSiege]

rock climb, my buddy never played basketball a day in his life, but he rock climbed like a maniac. then one day we all kept trying to dunk. he did it with ease. and he was white as sh!t

 

[BUrassler]

You need to work you fast twitch muscle fibers. Standard squats, or wall sits as one person said for some reason, may not do much.

This can be done in a number of ways.
-Place one leg on an elevated surface above the other foot about 8-12 inches up and explode up off that foot, landing with your feet in reverse position and again explode off the other foot. YOu can work in sets of 6-8 each for instance.
-Jump squats. Lower yourself into a proper squat position and jump up. It is best if you can jump onto something, like a box. If that is not available, you can also do weighted squate jumps. You can weigh yourself down by wearing a weighted vest, hold a plate or dumbell in your arms against your chest, or putting a bar on your back with light weights. Its not about doind as much weight as you can, its about being as explosixe and getting as high as you can with a light weight.
-Its also been shown that the faster you lower yourself down imediately prior to a jump, the higher your jump will typicaly be. Just FYI

 

[BrokenVisage]

Think Pre workout, Body Conditioning, Core Training, Recovery

Pre workout: Warm up correctly with low intensity actions (very important, you don't wanna get caught cold or you will risk injury), dynamic flexibility made by resembling basketball actions while stretching – remember you are training to be a basketball player here and not an olympic weight lifter so train for movements then train for muscle.

Body Conditioning: glutes bridges, quads i.e. Squats or squat jumps – you can never go wrong with this, hamstrings – hamstring curls, calves – (one legged hops, heck even skipping is good), abductors, practice dunks (remember resembling real basketball moves)

Recovery: foam roller!! Relaxation isn't just to alleviate stress in the evening after work but it is exactly the same thing for physical workout. The body feels consumed with stress and transmits lots of stress signals to your brain therefore the more you relax the faster the recovery rate, the greater results you're going to get!

My source: http://how-to-dunk.com