Vertical Leap...

[axare]

Man i suck... i am 5'2 and i am 13 years old...cant jump high...

Anyways of improving my jump??

[Its_asdf]

There are tons of threads about this in the past, but I think the most practical way of improving your verticle is doing exercises involving your abs, calves and other parts of your legs.

[cklitsie]

You're only 13 man, WAIT, just wait..

Hmm, you're only 5"2 though, don't wait, just give up..

[Cloudy]

Keep jumping makes you jump higher. Cloudy-proven.

[Pera]

I'm 13, i can touch the rim
axare just do some exercises for the legs,don't give up.Just be pattient don't give up, keep tryin.

[Laxation]

i heard that if you just keep jumping, you will get better at it. whatever you do, make sure you stretc alot as that will help.

that said, being only 5'2 i think you would be better of practicing tear drops and speed...

I'm 13, i can touch the rim

im 7 and i can touch the top of the backboard

[Its_asdf]

I'm 15 and I can get 5 inches off the ground.

[zmac]

Buy those special shoes from SLAM Magazine .

[axare]

You're only 13 man, WAIT, just wait..

Hmm, you're only 5"2 though, don't wait, just give up..

Wth..well..too bad i am a singaporean...and most of us cant dunk...btw i had a mistake with the 5'2 it was taken when i was 12 i recently took mine but not really a dif..5'37 , but with shoes...5'5 and my jump is only 21inch..

Thanks for all the advice though, really appriciate it!!

[Jugs]

I have around 2 or 3 inch higher hops than our 6 foot 3 guy and he can dunk it, i'm only 5 foot 7 so it shits me. For school, I have to do a fitness training program so I've decided to do Plyometric training. I've been lazy and i only started like 2 weeks ago. I only have to do the training program for 6 weeks but im gonna continue just doing plyometrics for 1-2 maybe even 3 months longer. Hopefully that'll improve my hops.

The site i use for my plyometric stuff is http://www.exrx.net/Lists/PowerExercises.html

[Fenix]

First of all, you're too young for you too begin some serious workouts. Plyometrics can fuck up your knees, if you aren't carefull and/or start too young. Wait until your body fills out to some extension and then you can start doing excercises to increase your vertical/strength/explosivness. But then again, I'm no expert, I'm just telling what I see and know about this topic.

For increasing your vertical, several things must be in place for best results:
-weight training. There's no jump without proper strength and legs are not the only body part that works when jumping. Abs, arms, shoulders and back are also involved. And there's a difference between training for strength and explosivness. The latter is more dangerous and you really need a perfect tehnique to prevent injuries.
-stretching. The more flexible your muscles are, the better is range of their movement. And the better is range, the higher you can jump.
-plyometrics. The link Jugs gave you is extremely usefull (not only for plyometrics, but also for other sorts of training.)
-low body fat. I think that's pretty self-explainable.

[Jing]

hm. get a six pack, thats wat my coach said, cause the more fit you are, the easier it will be for you to jump.
when i was junior in high school i was able to dunk, but i got lazy and now lol.

my first dunk was during sophomore year in hs, i was 5'8. i think. though i havent grown in like 3 years. XD and putting on some weight doesnt exactly help too much

looking to get back into shape again so i can dunk on my roommate again.

[Fenix]

OMG??? Are you black? Black Asian? Blackasian?

[Anthony15]

I'm 13, i can touch the rim

Where is the j/k after that funny writing.

On TOPIC: Try to jump and touch the rim everyday, you'll stretch out in height, but will jump higher as well.

[cyanide]

For increasing your vertical, several things must be in place for best results:
-weight training. There's no jump without proper strength and legs are not the only body part that works when jumping. Abs, arms, shoulders and back are also involved. And there's a difference between training for strength and explosivness. The latter is more dangerous and you really need a perfect tehnique to prevent injuries.
-stretching. The more flexible your muscles are, the better is range of their movement. And the better is range, the higher you can jump.
-plyometrics. The link Jugs gave you is extremely usefull (not only for plyometrics, but also for other sorts of training.)
-low body fat. I think that's pretty self-explainable.

^ What VanK said. Plus, most of the jumping strength comes from the quads, and then from the calves. Work on the quads and calves, and it should help. Plyometrics is also very, very good, but never do them more than 3 times a week.

[Jugs]

Plyometrics can fuck up your knees, if you aren't carefull and/or start too young.

I think that is quite correct, i got some pain in my knees the other day so i stopped. I went for a jog a few days later and my knees were but that's probably because i sit on the computer all day. i do flexibility training as well, just usual stretches and such..

I have/do most of the things you mentioned, except weight training but I have pretty good strength in my legs though

[Jing]

OMG??? Are you black? Black Asian? Blackasian?

um. i am just chinese. but not all chinese are like short with no leap. granted i had a running start from halfcourt and barely got the ball in the rim, but i suppose it counts. right?

[hipn]

Damn, I am 5'7'' and can only touch about 2 inches of the backboard...whoa.

[TRUball]

I'm 5'8 and I can grab the rim with 1 step. Well, not grab with the whole hand, but like the fingers. With a little run I can grab it like that though. I've never really done any serious jump training, and I don't exactly have a 6-pack, if you know what I mean. So, I'm not sure how I can really jump reasonably high. It's kind of stupid really... These 2 guys on my team, are like 6'4, 6'5, and neither of them can dunk. Granted one of them has a messed up knee, but he doesn't jump off that leg.

Hopefully I'll be able to dunk by the start of next season.

[Ruff Ryder]

I'm 5'8, and on a good day I can grab the rim. I restarted air alert 3 weeks ago, but haven't done any serious jumping to see where I'm at. Anyway, I've grabbed the rim straight up off of 2 feet, no running or anything. If I'm really lose I can do it. But as I said, I haven't tried recently. Maybe I'll try tomorrow.

[Nick]

Damn, I am 5'7'' and can only touch about 2 inches of the backboard...whoa.

That's actually pretty good.

[Jackal]

XD

Goddamn that's the most annoying fucking thing ever. It just looks so fucking retarded.

[hipn]

Just do this:

[The GOAT]

I'm 13, i can touch the rim

Where is the j/k after that funny writing.

On TOPIC: Try to jump and touch the rim everyday, you'll stretch out in height, but will jump higher as well.

I believe that, my friend is 14, about 5'7" and can dunk. im not lying here swear to god.

[Cable]

Yeah but he's black. I'm about 6'0'' and I can barely touch the rim.