My Vertical Jump Progress – Video 1
All right, I said I’d share the last of my hobbies with friends and subscribers, and here it is. Basketball. I’m just showing some progress in this video on increasing my
vertical jump or basketball.
I didn’t plan on making successive videos to show progress, but I think I’m going to do that. It’ll give me more motivation, and besides…how many of you out there look all over the net for secrets to increase your
vertical jump a>, but all you get is a bunch of really skeptical answers, and even contradicting ones.
Well, that’s going to be the goal of my progress videos – to show proof of methods that work. Please keep in mind that I’m not a professional, just like with my piano vids, I’m just a hobbyist who achieves results from hard work. I never joined any sort of vertical jump program before. All I’ve done is searched the net like what probably many people have done, and found a massive handful of info to seriously sift through.
I’m 5’7″ which is 170cm, ya pretty short I know, don’t have to tell me.
I weigh 147lbs. When I started, I was 150lbs, and the progress is
Losing 10lbs of fat
Gaining 6-7lbs of muscle (and roughly 1-2lbs of fat, estimated from barely losing my six pack)
K now all this weight gain isn’t just to my Quads and Hammies, because I work out my upper body a lot too, so Im taking this very gradually.
Vertical Jump is incredibly important for both offense and defense reasons in basketball.
Often, your height is your measured height + your vertical jump. And this is very apparent when playing post, and guarding players, getting shot blocks etc.
So here’s my understanding of jump mechanics, with brief explanations and video proof of progress.
One thing that is true for sure is the Physics equation, P = F/t
Power is Force over Time. So in order to generate more power, we need more Force, over less Time.
Math nerds, we can break down this equation a bit, and get P = ma/t
In order to increase the force you can generate, you need to hit the gym and build up some leg muscles, and it seems logical to achieve this by doing squats, which is similar to the jumping motion.
In order to work on jump quickness, plyometrics is the key.
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*update* Apr24
so I’ve received a few comments on suggestions to improve my jump technique. Since none of these people cared to reply or elaborate much on how, I did some thinking.
So lets look at momentum, p = mv, the product of mass and velocity. This looks a bit familiar to Newton’s 2nd law, Force F = ma.
dp/dt = F because the time derivative of velocity is acceleration. Non math dudes, this basically means the rate of change in speed is acceleration.
so F = m*d/dt(v)
What does this mean for my jumping technique?
It seems logical now to relate momentum to the force generated as a transfer of horizontal speed into vertical leap force. So what I should probably do is work on my running before the jump take off.
So…..
1) Momentum applies to the running before the take off to build up more speed to generate more jumping force.
2) Power really only governs the split seconds of the actual jump take off.
This makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. It feels like I jump a lot higher when Im playing ball, and just driving hard to the basket and taking off as quickly as I can to make blocks nearly impossible.
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K again, Im no professional, so ask a personal trainer for better advice. I do have tips, so you can msg me, or do your own research on how to gain weight
Plyometrics…..look it up on wiki or something.
It’s basically training your body, your muscles, to work to faster.
Now, I haven’t seriously done any plyometrics, but Shock Jumps or Depth Jumps I think they call it, is what I would recommend. The reason why I haven’t worked with Plyometric exercise is because my theory is that I’ve maxed that out, or at least I’m very close to it. Look up some jump speed ranges, and maybe video tape yourself jumping to make some comparisons. My style of play in basketball naturally has me jumping all the time. I’ve tried a bit of plyometrics for a short while, but didn’t see much progress. I already jump very quickly so I’m just led to reason that I’ve maxed that part of the equation out.
Ahh well another thing would be body fat. I switched to an office job a week ago, and I’m already feeling a lot fatter…
I don’t remember my reach (but it’s pretty sad, I’m short, and have short arms), but what I do remember is the result, and I think my vertical jump not standing) is 37 inches
That’s all I’m going to say.
I won’t be doing videos at certain time intervals, but more on body weight – fat loss – muscle gain type of intervals, and I’ll be posting the changes as I go, as well as the actual increase in vertical jump.
Any questions? check out my channel and feel free to send me a message. I’ll reply when I have time.
Calbee219 ~ Jonny
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