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Yeah because you associate "weaker" with squat strength and ignoring calf and hamstring strength. You were probably stronger relatively in your calves and possibly hamstrings at that weight. Obviously the speed you get into your runup will increase your body mass in the plant and it makes quite a bit of difference.

5 kg x 10 times bodyweight in the plant = 50 kg more to overcome for the calves... especially with these being concentrated on one leg (during the one-leg jump). It might manifest itself as the knee "giving out" when in reality is the calves that are overloaded, the ankle collapses, the tibia is traveling forward and they overload the knee (bend the knee) and quad in return. Same with the hamstrings. If they are weak your body will shorten them at the knee to prevent excessive tension to be applied to them, and since the knee becomes bent then the quad will be overloaded, and your knee will give out.

It's interesting because both these scenarios will make you think you have weak quads.

Hey really nice man... after all that volume coming up with that rep is no joke... but it's not something I'd do. It doesn't make too much sense to use a bigger weight AFTER you already put in quite a bit of work with a lower, fatiguing weight.

Yeah exactly, no rush... you'll start to get progressively better with your form in no-time.

One thing you might wanna do before squatting is having a bar on your hands (like in a RDL), squat down, and putting the bar on the top of the knees, about where the VMO is. Get into a full squat and stay with the torso vertical and have the bar there. Obviously you don't put it RIGHT on the knees but a bit more up, you get the idea.

It can really help you achieve better depth in time. Also, the lighter the bar, the harder is going to be to maintain that position (the less assistance the bar will give you). For example, I'm usually using 40 kg but I'm striving for an empty bar, and then things should be easier in terms of depth.

You could also try this:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBHzXF-mVjY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBHzXF-mVjY</a>

See what happens. Good luck.

Why did you do 2x275 and 1x280 after all that volume?

http://hoopmixtape.com/2012/11/dante-buford-windmill-putback-dunk-also-catches-reverse-oop-on-defender-in-same-game/

Looking really good vag. You still have a tendency to get to the toes a bit here and there but it looks very good overall.

Will be interesting to see what happens in the RDL.

10x4 as in setsXreps, or as in repsXsets?

Are you a guy who likes to do more sets with less reps, covering the same total volume as less sets with more reps?

I found out that doing 8 sets of 5 reps allows me to keep better form and intensity than doing 5 sets of 8 reps for example.