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I see. well i'm staying away from one foot jumping anyway. I still think that I'm too quad dominant, which is gonna keep bugging my left quadricep tendon. it pops/clicks all the time when i extend my leg and when i foam roll my left quad, i do this thing where i bend my knee and it pops and clicks too.

Anyone else find that foam rolling is really tiring on the arms? It's pretty much almost having to hold the push up position for as long as you have to foam roll.

ohh lol no wonder. i rest on my palms. i think i tried elbows once, but i think it hurt cause i have wooden floors. i'll try again though later.

Quote from: jumperer on June 20, 2016, 06:40:43 pm

I see. well i'm staying away from one foot jumping anyway. I still think that I'm too quad dominant, which is gonna keep bugging my left quadricep tendon. it pops/clicks all the time when i extend my leg and when i foam roll my left quad, i do this thing where i bend my knee and it pops and clicks too.

Yeah mine does that. Pops and clicks are nothing to freak out about unless it hurts at the same time. They can be just be air bubbles in synovial fluid or tendons sliding around. I know a guy whose knees sound like a car backfiring when he gets into a squat, never had any knee issues though.

i see. it doesnt hurt when it pops. i actually think that sitting down for too long creates a build up or something, so i do this thing to straighten it, then it pops and it relieves the tension lol.

why would RL be more hip dominant than LR? or are you just saying that's how it feels for you?

finally have access to a 9'8 rim, spent 2.5 hours there. felt good being able to jump off a full approach. its a bit awkward, so definitely gotta keep getting out here instead of just jumping in my backyard. very glad i had no left knee pain during that too. it seems like that all thats left is the "weird" feeling to it and the clicking.

never had the chance to lob off full LR approaches, so slowly getting better at it. putting down 2 handers, and can hang on the rim afterwards lol. tried a few off the dribble RL dunks, only made one, rest got rimmed out. one handers off RL still really easily. LR off the dribble still terrible though lol, i barely tried it. i jump higher off LR now, but off the dribble, RL is just way easier. the few RL dunks didn't bother my left knee, but i'm still cautious using the plant. if i knew going off RL wouldn't bother my knee, i'd switch to it though, my right leg is stronger, and i'm smoother/more natural with it even though i haven't been jumping with it. anyone have more insight as to why going off RL would potential bother the top of my left knee?

i'm getting back on track with RL again, i can still get up pretty high, maybe even higher than my LR even though my coordination isn't that good. i've been just having dunk sessions where i alternate between both plants. that may be suboptimal in the long run, but oh well, i just enjoy jumping that much lol.

you can't really hit peak anything without practicing technique. so, IMO, if your goal is to really max out your jumping ability, at some point you need to pick LR or RL and get really smooth at it. if something is making you feel injured (like LR seems to be for you), back off it. you can always come back to it later.