I have always been athletic, but did NOT pursue team sports in school (the tall skinny blond kid playing drums at all the games - funny). Where do I turn to get more involved in basketball?
I am 6’4", currently 204lbs (~13-14% body fat). When not working my busy-ass high-tech job or playing music, I’m a gym rat. Every 3rd month I run 12-15 miles per week (cross-country, including steep hills, etc.).
So I feel conditioned enough to tackle my favorite sport (basketball) if I can find an outlet that does not require “prior experience.” Does anyone have any suggestions?
Jumping: I have searched around the internet and have noticed a number of jumping and basketball skill programs – does anyone have any experience with any of those, thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks to Ian King’s “Killer Leg Exercises for Strength and Mass” video I bought years ago, I have a solid leg program (I focus on functional strength, not mass). If I recall, Ian also posted a jumping program on T-net once in the past but I cannot find it.
Either way, I want to focus my leg training on exercises that support jumping (e.g. dunking a basketball at the full 10ft NBA height). Why? Because it is a fun goal and chicks dig it… I think.
Kelly Baggett. He’s not the be-all-end-all… but he’s damn good. Check out his website:
The verticle jump bible is a must from what I hear (being a broke college student I’ve stuck to the free articles, which have more than sufficed to help me dunk at 6’0).
[quote]nopal_juventus wrote:
Kelly Baggett. He’s not the be-all-end-all… but he’s damn good. Check out his website:
The verticle jump bible is a must from what I hear (being a broke college student I’ve stuck to the free articles, which have more than sufficed to help me dunk at 6’0).[/quote]
VJB is great in that in can give you a good program with several built-in modifications, depending on the level you are at and also your strengths and weaknesses.
When it comes to jumping higher, it’s pretty simple.
