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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 20, 2011, 07:49:08 am »
Quote from: Avishek on August 19, 2011, 09:16:14 pm
The Weis and the other dunk did look a lot different.

If I plant RL, i thought rotating towards the right (clockwise), would make more sense, but in these examples, the jumpers rotate the opposite way of the plant leg. Kind of like doing a 1,2 punch combo in boxing, you rotate one way (the coil), then uncoil with the 2.

Huh? You mean in a RL plant he actually rotates counterclockwise? You realize that's impossible don't you?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 20, 2011, 07:41:58 am »
What's your vert right now? You could probably focus more on reactive stuff since you were complaining that your jumping was sucky a few days ago...

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Orlando Magic squat walkthrough
« on: August 19, 2011, 05:19:24 pm »
http://www.nba.com/magic/training_tips_squat_pt1_062911.html

http://www.nba.com/magic/training_tips_squat_pt2_062911.html

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 19, 2011, 01:08:52 pm »
I like apples more.

5105
ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Back injury training
« on: August 19, 2011, 01:08:17 pm »
With my back injury, what do you guys suggest I should limit myself on? I have no idea if it's a spine problem (it appears it is) or a muscle one, but still - I have to stop squatting and deadlifting AT LEAST for a while.

Would dumbbell BSSs be cool? Or would that be too much of a load if it's a disc problem in the spine? What about bodyweight pistol squats? King deadlifts? Calf raises? What about jumping in itself?

So you see - I have multiple things to worry about. What about upperbody stuff like overhead presses? These will put pressure on the spine as well. What about dumbbell raises for the shoulders? And so on and so forth. What should I limit myself to? How about planks?

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 19, 2011, 09:17:20 am »
Well age for one. Secondly, bad nutrition (he doesn't give too much attention to nutrition from his current bodyfat%). And thirdly, Vince was never (with the exception of his youth (up to 26 years old)) a strength gym guy. He used to train with an NFL friend in 2000, I guess that explained a lot at that time.

He worked with the Magic trainers this past year to get his SVJ up to 31 inches, and squatted and did lunges (no idea of the weights used).

Also, with the bone/cartilage degeneration and injuries and age, you get "less playful" and jump less than in the past which diminishes your reactive/elastic abilities.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 19, 2011, 08:28:56 am »
There's plenty of rotation at 0:26 in the Weis dunk.

In the Zo dunk there's not that much, but he didn't jump as high either (not head to rim by any means).

What is definitely certain is that having more strength allows you to use a deeper bend and load at much higher velocities/depths than not having as much strength (since strength is what Vince lost while getting old). Not sure about anything else.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 19, 2011, 07:42:13 am »
Look at his plant here:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT5-N2vIJtQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT5-N2vIJtQ</a>

He basically bended at the knees, pretty much no hip bend, no rotation on the plant, no low center of gravity for proper "loading", no nothing.

I'm not disputing age, I don't care about age - what I care about is how an individual that had a certain plant style in the past didn't have that plant style here^^^

He did plant like in the old days (though not as low) in here:

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

I love how he plants that right leg and rotates on it, "throwing" his left leg into the ground. Whenever I did that in real life I definitely got higher. I load much better doing that than with a "linear" approach.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 19, 2011, 05:08:15 am »
Quote from: adarqui on August 18, 2011, 09:19:41 pm
Quote from: Raptor on August 18, 2011, 05:30:09 pm
Check 3:45 here:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxq9HHnHCI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxq9HHnHCI</a>

what about it?

There's a lot of rotation in his plant there. As I observed Vince his entire career, the difference in now vs. back in the day in terms of his plant is his lack of rotation, more quad involvement and less PC, and high center of gravity in his plants now (and lower jumps).

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 18, 2011, 05:30:09 pm »
Check 3:45 here:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxq9HHnHCI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxq9HHnHCI</a>

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Basketball / Re: georgetown hoyas vs china brawl
« on: August 18, 2011, 03:21:02 pm »
Monkeys^^^

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Future high jump world record holder
« on: August 18, 2011, 07:56:14 am »
He answered my tweet. Apparently he can full squat 170 kg at 60 kg bodyweight. I mean wtf? :ninja:

EDIT: He meant lbs, which is 80 kg full squat ;D and he probably meant 160 lbs bodyweight. Also, 188 lbs half squat. Imagine if he would get stronger to realize what his real ceiling is. Sotomayor was heavier but he was doing 160 kg snatches and had a 3x+ half squat.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 18, 2011, 04:12:18 am »
Chinese dunker (rare):

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB700l8pNhs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB700l8pNhs</a>


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Basketball / Re: Kevin Durant going apeshit@~!
« on: August 17, 2011, 06:29:05 pm »
Quote from: Jard on August 17, 2011, 03:47:29 pm
Nice post raptor, Durant got outplayed badly at the end though, that's 3 years ago though and it's still amazing how effortlessly he gets to the rim @ 7 foot.

My turn, one of my favourite performances ever, dude was absolutely zonin', never seen Stockton get his ass handed to him this bad:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-w3vbrj7KQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-w3vbrj7KQ</a>

I liked when he didn't want to salute the USA antemn and flag. Guts!

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Surfing, Skateboarding, Motorcross, Extreme Sports, etc. / Amazing jumps and low passes
« on: August 17, 2011, 06:15:47 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqhlfz9GQPE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqhlfz9GQPE</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y</a>

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