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Quote from: Raptor on June 27, 2014, 12:37:38 pm

I would stumble in a double arm swing like no tomorrow.

I see double arm swing, or am I blind? Could be the latter 

Nope, he definitely uses double arm swings

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder but less than previously (???...not that i'm complaining), knees a bit achey
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- DLRVJ x a bunch
felt really good walking out but the four-step jumps were just okay. still better than last time, probably ~34-35 range for most.

- SLRVJ x a few
got vid, so incredibly slow, much slower than they feel. right around 29.5-30 for both legs.

- stretch

- grip work with COC

was going to bound and sprint today but right as i was getting ready to leave the house it started to thunder. f that. so i did some KB swings and hand-to-elbow planks in a big ol' 10-set circuit and stretched. weak effort but better than nothing.

here's some vid of yesterday's jumps. sorry for the shit editing.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1SDTb9EKTs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1SDTb9EKTs</a>

I think you could dunk right now if you were to improve that clumsy looking plant and approach... it looks REALLY weird. It used to look better... wtf...

Look at how you "depth drop" over a very short drop and a weird angle

vball dunk was nice mijo.

thanks b. kind of weak but better than nothing, i guess. 

I think you could dunk right now if you were to improve that clumsy looking plant and approach... it looks REALLY weird. It used to look better... wtf...

Look at how you "depth drop" over a very short drop and a weird angle

i think part of that is foreshortening because of the camera angle. but you're right, when i was jumping at all-time-high levels earlier this year i wasn't jump-stopping quite as markedly.

here are those february big dodgeball dunks again, gotta get back to this level:

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

btw, mr. SLRVJ expert: got any tips for my hideous one-leg jumps? i took some footage of myself doing layups, too but didn't post because they're so much uglier than they feel. i look like a goofball, like a guy from a how-to-play-basketball PE video from the 50s.

Nice jumps! We are almost exactly at the same heights. From SVJ to full run-up to SLRVJs, we are getting the same rim touches.
If i had your vert or if you had my reach we would be at 10'10'' - 10'11'' lol

thanks vag! by our powers combined, we can dunk with two hands! given that i'm not getting arm extensions anytime soon and am if anything getting an arm retraction because of my shoulder problems, i'll have to settle for jumping higher.

I don't.

I suck at one leg jumping without the ball. The basic idea is not to push with your knee/quad, but to "pull yourself" with your hamstring/glute. Easier said than done.

For example, if I try to jump off my right leg, I will be EXTREMELY quad dominant and jump ~20 inches at best.