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Explosive Jumping Ability
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09-28-2011, 01:10 AM
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Re: Explosive Jumping Ability
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Good exercises. For the squat jumps, give yourself a target to reach (the square on the backboard for instance) so you're forcing yourself to jump as high as you can each time.
Here's a website with some good exercises, too:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/brughelli1.htm
I have a good friend from college who had a 44" vertical and is playing ball overseas now. He said he would wear a weighted vest and jump from the bottom of the deep end of a pool to the surface. Investing in a weighted vest and doing simple jumping/running exercises will help your explosion a lot.
Here's a video of my friend for inspiration:
Lol. Its kinda hard picturing mysellf doing those dunks.
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