Learn to Jump Higher With Proper Form
Ten to twelve inches are within your grasp.
You can learn to jump higher, 10 to 12 inches higher, by small increases in all nine of the improvable aspects of vertical jumping.
How much stronger would your legs have to be to get a 10 inch increase in your jumps? Twice as strong? Three times as strong? And what are the chances of that happening even with determination and six hours a day in the gym? But what if you could add an inch or two to your height by a small increase in leg strength? That wouldn't be so hard.
And then you could add another inch with a small increase in your quickness? It would take some work, but it is well within reach.
And what if you could add another inch or two by working on your core muscles, I mean the neglected ones that don't get any benefit from sit ups but that make a real difference in jumping.
Are you getting the idea? Most amateur athletes work and practice on the areas that they are already good at.
They try to enhance their strengths.
Basketball players tend to work on two or three of the aspects of jumping that are fun to practice.
They often don't even know that will learn to jump higher by improving in all nine aspects of jumping.
One often neglected aspect of jumping is form.
It is absolutely true that you learn to jump 2 to 3 inches higher simply by improving your form.
I have seen it myself.
When I was in the Marine Corps, we had a lance corporal in the company named Bailey.
Bailey had been a hot shot track and field guy in high school.
He held his district record for the long jump.
I don't remember his distance but it was pretty far.
Don't forget though, a long jumper only gets a couple of feet of height in his jump.
Well, we'd play ball after work and you'd think Bailey would be a natural dunker with those legs.
Nope.
He was about 5'10" but could hardly touch the rim.
His problem wasn't strength or quickness.
He was fast as anyone.
His problem was form.
He just needed to learn to jump higher.
I took Bailey to the gym and introduced him to a lieutenant who had played ball at Duke.
The lieutenant worked with Bailey for a while and after only one hour Bailey was slamming two hand dunks! You see, Bailey had the strength and quickness, he just didn't have the form for a vertical jump.
You can learn to jump higher, 10 to 12 inches higher, by small increases in all nine of the improvable aspects of vertical jumping.
How much stronger would your legs have to be to get a 10 inch increase in your jumps? Twice as strong? Three times as strong? And what are the chances of that happening even with determination and six hours a day in the gym? But what if you could add an inch or two to your height by a small increase in leg strength? That wouldn't be so hard.
And then you could add another inch with a small increase in your quickness? It would take some work, but it is well within reach.
And what if you could add another inch or two by working on your core muscles, I mean the neglected ones that don't get any benefit from sit ups but that make a real difference in jumping.
Are you getting the idea? Most amateur athletes work and practice on the areas that they are already good at.
They try to enhance their strengths.
Basketball players tend to work on two or three of the aspects of jumping that are fun to practice.
They often don't even know that will learn to jump higher by improving in all nine aspects of jumping.
One often neglected aspect of jumping is form.
It is absolutely true that you learn to jump 2 to 3 inches higher simply by improving your form.
I have seen it myself.
When I was in the Marine Corps, we had a lance corporal in the company named Bailey.
Bailey had been a hot shot track and field guy in high school.
He held his district record for the long jump.
I don't remember his distance but it was pretty far.
Don't forget though, a long jumper only gets a couple of feet of height in his jump.
Well, we'd play ball after work and you'd think Bailey would be a natural dunker with those legs.
Nope.
He was about 5'10" but could hardly touch the rim.
His problem wasn't strength or quickness.
He was fast as anyone.
His problem was form.
He just needed to learn to jump higher.
I took Bailey to the gym and introduced him to a lieutenant who had played ball at Duke.
The lieutenant worked with Bailey for a while and after only one hour Bailey was slamming two hand dunks! You see, Bailey had the strength and quickness, he just didn't have the form for a vertical jump.
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