6'4 and cant dunk

[gtm]

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Doesn't matter...



I'm making the fairly inevitable assumption of your race, OP.

True that!!!!!!!! LOL

[TheProfessor729]

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True that!!!!!!!! LOL

wow . Im black

[KG]

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How old are you?

Maybe you just need time to grow into your body. If you keep doing what people are suggesting (leg exercises, etc...) you will be dunking in no time.

[gtm]

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[QUOTE=TheProfessor729;2040636700]wow . Im black[/QUOTE

[Speedy]

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I'm black

My apologies for the assumption.

[superjames1992]

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I'm 6'0", white, and can't dunk. I can touch the rim, but my main issue is palming the ball. I simply can't do it. I don't consider myself very athletic, so I was really surprised that I could touch the rim when I first tried it last year. Anyways, my hands are pretty small, which makes it hard for me to throw a football accurately and shoot a basketball well. It also makes it so I can't palm a ball. I suppose I could add another 6" to my vertical leap so I could do a two-hand flush, but that would probably be the only chance I'd have at dunking.

I don't play organized basketball, anyways, so it really isn't a big deal, but it would be cool to dunk.

[Lynsanity]

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I'm 6'0", white, and can't dunk. I can touch the rim, but my main issue is palming the ball. I simply can't do it. I don't consider myself very athletic, so I was really surprised that I could touch the rim when I first tried it last year. Anyways, my hands are pretty small, which makes it hard for me to throw a football accurately and shoot a basketball well. It also makes it so I can't palm a ball. I suppose I could add another 6" to my vertical leap so I could do a two-hand flush, but that would probably be the only chance I'd have at dunking.

I don't play organized basketball, anyways, so it really isn't a big deal, but it would be cool to dunk.

You need to work on developing your fast twitch muscle fibers. I am guessing that you are predisposed to have less of those than the average highflyer.

Your best bet is to workout with power based olympic movements that involve the majority of the major muscle groups.

Squats, Power cleans, hang cleans, etc.

The exercises can initially be done in 2-3 sets of 6-8. This will all you to build up your muscular core.

I would put you on a M and Th routine with Sprint training on Tuesday and Thursday

Eat as healthy as possible, and be sure to get enough rest.

Keep in mind that this is just an idea of what you should do. If you need help setting up an actual workout schedule, drop me a line here. I was able to use this to bring my 26" vertical to a 31" vert. By vert, I mean a cold jump, and not a one step jump.

Most of the 40" verts you hear about are step verts, and not cold verts.

[youvalss]

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Nash and I believe Stockton COULD both dunk, I've seen Nash do it\, at a team shoot around in Toronto.

Nash? Maybe, but he was smart enough not to try it during a game. Stockton? Have you seen the guy laying in the ball? He could hardly get to the rim.

[phant030]

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Yea bro, got to work on leg and core strength. Also, work on jumping...u can have powerful legs but they are meaningless if u dont work on jumping itself. I started dunking when i was 13 @ 5'8''....im 6'3'' now...

lil something, I'm in light blue bottoms.

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[VDusen04]

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I'm 6'0", white, and can't dunk. I can touch the rim, but my main issue is palming the ball. I simply can't do it. I don't consider myself very athletic, so I was really surprised that I could touch the rim when I first tried it last year. Anyways, my hands are pretty small, which makes it hard for me to throw a football accurately and shoot a basketball well. It also makes it so I can't palm a ball. I suppose I could add another 6" to my vertical leap so I could do a two-hand flush, but that would probably be the only chance I'd have at dunking.

I don't play organized basketball, anyways, so it really isn't a big deal, but it would be cool to dunk.

Weird I was just posting on this topic somewhere else, but palming a ball is not really necessary to dunk with one hand. I know that it would help make things easier, but it's surely not necessary. Further, one does not need a 40'' vertical to dunk without palming a ball. I am 6'3'' with relatively normal hops, cannot palm a ball if my life depended on it, and am a primarily one-hand in-game dunker. I will say, however, there is surely a difference between being 6'0'' and 6'3''. That will make things a little tougher for you.

As for TheProfessor, like another poster just asked, I would be curious as to what his age may be. Some people just need some time to grow into their body.

[Schism 6]

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You need to work on developing your fast twitch muscle fibers. I am guessing that you are predisposed to have less of those than the average highflyer.

Your best bet is to workout with power based olympic movements that involve the majority of the major muscle groups.

Squats, Power cleans, hang cleans, etc.

The exercises can initially be done in 2-3 sets of 6-8. This will all you to build up your muscular core.

I would put you on a M and Th routine with Sprint training on Tuesday and Thursday

Eat as healthy as possible, and be sure to get enough rest.

Keep in mind that this is just an idea of what you should do. If you need help setting up an actual workout schedule, drop me a line here. I was able to use this to bring my 26" vertical to a 31" vert. By vert, I mean a cold jump, and not a one step jump.

Most of the 40" verts you hear about are step verts, and not cold verts.

I had a legit 37" 2 footed vert, but that was my senior year in HS, never could dunk, had a few close ones during games, but I'm 5'9". You break the rim away so it's like 9'8" and I could get it easily....

[slimm44]

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I had a legit 37" 2 footed vert, but that was my senior year in HS, never could dunk, had a few close ones during games, but I'm 5'9". You break the rim away so it's like 9'8" and I could get it easily....

A 36 inch vert at 5'9 should put you at 10 and a half feet. Could you jump off one leg or did you always gather before jumping?

[TheProfessor729]

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A 36 inch vert at 5'9 should put you at 10 and a half feet. Could you jump off one leg or did you always gather before jumping?

smh . I thought I was the one in need of help .

[slimm44]

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smh . I thought I was the one in need of help .

Did anybody else see that epic fail? Yep, that was mine. I'll claim it. For some reason, I thought 10 feet equaled 100 inches.

Aside from the mathematics part, can you jump off one foot or do you always gather with two. I tore my acl and lateral miniscus when I was 17 and can't get over the mental hump to try to jump off one leg anymore. I could always get more rise off two legs anyway.

[phant030]

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^ I was the opposite...always one leg. But, now i can jump off both. Im glad, being able to jump off two saves my knees.