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Sexual Favors said:
Plyometrics. Seriously. When I was your age I bought these shoes that wrapped around my hoop shoes and didn't have a heel (so they elevated my calf muscle). The goal was to add extra pressure to your muscles when you jumped and ran, so when you took the shoes off you were more explosive --it definitely worked. I'd wear those shoes and do squats while climbing stairs, jumping in them alone, running in them alone, etc.

Frog leaps also give you nice hops and endurance (position yourself like your doing a squat, but jump in the air and smack your thighs when you reach your peak and keep repeating, I'd do 3 minute intervals).
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Ouch. I cringed just reading that.
 
PS: your growth isn't always done by 16. I grew 3 inches during/after my eleventh grade.


I'm 6'4" now, but I am the most damning example of an athletic stiff. I am competent at soccer, but literally nothing else
 
Leg presses
Squats
Jump rope
Jogging
Sprinting
Leg extensions
Leg curls
Core exercises

Most importantly - practice jumping.

Least important - Calves. Most overrated body part for jumping. Its all in your Thighs, Core, and butt. You can work them out but don't make it all about your calves. Besides, the less you weigh, the better


Ideally you want a really really strong thighs and stomach and a really light upper body. Strong but not heavy upper body.

At 15 I could dunk two hands and I'm only 6'0, I was 6'0" then too. 7'10" standing reach.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Keep your weight down.

When your doing your leg exercises push through as explosively as possible on each rep.

Don't over-train and hurt yourself. I was probably two inches from being able to dunk my senior year of HS when I got really bad shin splints that set me back a lot.

Right now I can grab the rim (with one hand). I need to start doing more pylometric stuff, but I'm super lazy.

I'm about 6'3 with shoes on and have a 8'2 standing reach though, so I really have ZERO hops.
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I can't gain weight, I have tried to. I am a solid 135 lbs, Lol.

dalamon said:
PS: your growth isn't always done by 16. I grew 3 inches during/after my eleventh grade.


I'm 6'4" now, but I am the most damning example of an athletic stiff. I am competent at soccer, but literally nothing else
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Well here is to hoping I can grow a couple more inches.
 
Hack said:
Leg presses
Squats
Jump rope
Jogging
Sprinting
Leg extensions
Leg curls
Core exercises

Most importantly - practice jumping.

Least important - Calves. Most overrated body part for jumping. Its all in your Thighs, Core, and butt. You can work them out but don't make it all about your calves. Besides, the less you weigh, the better


Ideally you want a really really strong thighs and stomach and a really light upper body. Strong but not heavy upper body.

At 15 I could dunk two hands and I'm only 6'0, I was 6'0" then too. 7'10" standing reach.
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Thanks, man.
 
Everyone always tells me how long my arms are.

I don't know my wingspan, but my standing reach is 7'11" - 8'0" around there.
 
Hack said:
Leg presses
Squats
Jump rope
Jogging
Sprinting
Leg extensions
Leg curls
Core exercises

Most importantly - practice jumping.

Least important - Calves. Most overrated body part for jumping. Its all in your Thighs, Core, and butt. You can work them out but don't make it all about your calves. Besides, the less you weigh, the better


Ideally you want a really really strong thighs and stomach and a really light upper body. Strong but not heavy upper body.

At 15 I could dunk two hands and I'm only 6'0, I was 6'0" then too. 7'10" standing reach.
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What he said^^^

I have only dunked a mens ball once. But i can still dunk a girls ball, its all about the thighs, butt, and stomach. having a strong core is important. its amazing the stomach muscals it taks to jump.
 
I played a few games with a bunch of kids at the rec center a couple of days ago, and one of them kept asking me if I could dunk, and about how to increase his vertical leap.

Was that you A-Train? :p
 
Call Jimmy and see if he still has these shoes.
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It's all about the shoes. Really expensive new shoes make all the difference.

I remember when I was 11 I got a new pair of tenny-runners. Man were those shoes fast! I could run all over the place in those shoes!
 
Hack said:
Leg presses
Squats
Jump rope
Jogging
Sprinting
Leg extensions
Leg curls
Core exercises

Most importantly - practice jumping.

Least important - Calves. Most overrated body part for jumping. Its all in your Thighs, Core, and butt. You can work them out but don't make it all about your calves. Besides, the less you weigh, the better


Ideally you want a really really strong thighs and stomach and a really light upper body. Strong but not heavy upper body.

At 15 I could dunk two hands and I'm only 6'0, I was 6'0" then too. 7'10" standing reach.
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Don't do leg extensions. They shear your ligaments especially the ACL. No one does those except for physical therapy very very light (which sounds kinda weird).
 
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