i hav this friend whose 2 inches taller than me and his thin and im chubby (not to much just regular).i reale envy him cause he can jump!i wanna beat this guy first in tapping the board weve never tapped the board before. its like half an inch away from him ( the board) and me like 2 inches away from it.give me some tips.can i beat this guy with your help plz....its my place im after in whos better . . .come on many look up to me that i can beat this guy
2006-10-05 23:48:35 · 6 answers · asked by moimoi 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Lets take LOST as an example
Sawyer or Hurley in a highjump contest?
2006-10-05 23:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't necessarily have to lose weight. You probably just need to do some workouts to imporve your vertical jump. I used ankle weights which helped a bit, but wearing them too much can hinder your growth. What I do is touch the rim about 5-10 times every time I'm playing. I've dunked the ball a few times and I'm only 5' and 3/4". But to answer your question, no you don't have to really lose a bunch of weight. Just work you calf muscles and find some easy workouts online. Hope you can touch the backboard pretty soon!
2006-10-06 15:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by micah09 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to jump higher, you can improve by doing vertical jump drills. Practise jumping to touch a high mark on the wall or better yet, a hard spot to reach on a basketball board, whether it is the net or the hoop. Also, try repetitions of squat jumps. -(bending down for a squat and then exploding up into the air) this will strengthen your muscles and make the fibres expand quicker and your leg muscles will become more springy and stronger. Also, you will need to do sit-ups to help your strength and also jump rope.
-hope this helps
from, your trusty varsity basketball player, vanessa from hong kong
2006-10-06 07:53:09 · answer #3 · answered by Van 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it just depends on the muscles in your legs. You can increase that by doing several thing. Jumping rope helps especially if you do it with ankle weights on. The next best thing is jumpsoles, they helped my friend do the VC dunk and I've tried them and have seen significant increases in my jump heighth
2006-10-06 07:34:47 · answer #4 · answered by xengold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it does.......my advice to you is to lose those extra pouds you are carrying....then you can go on a JUMPSOLES program or something
2006-10-06 09:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by mj23 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im 5'4 and i can touch backboard
2006-10-06 09:32:12 · answer #6 · answered by davidbaldwin_13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋