A Bit of Advice…

So you want to jump higher?  I would assume that most of us are here to increase our vertical jump for the sport of basketball.  Let me offer a petty piece of advice.  Don’t get so focused on your vertical jump training that your game becomes lopsided.  Don’t neglect your other skills and simply try and dunk on folks all game.

There are a couple reasons for this.  The more deliberate you make it known that you are anxious to dunk on someone the more geared their defense will be to this tactic and the more difficult it will be to succeed.

So many players are ridiculed as only being able to dunk but having no real value as a player.  In reality if you have a killer three point range you will open yourself up to the lane all day through a simple shot fake.  If they don’t take your fake just hit threes all day until you can pump fake and drive the lane.

VIDEO: 9 Things I Did To Jump Over 40 Inches

Article by Jacob Hiller

Jacob Hiller's best selling book "The Jump Manual" has been used and taught in over 30 countries and in 4 different languages and featured on ESPN and Fadeaway. Coach Hiller has worked with professional and Olympic level athletes and is currently touring the globe.

Jacob has written 228 awesome articles for us.

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