Obviously you want to peak your vert but is that really it? KF style, where you don't play basketball at all? Obviously a high vert is important for you but what I mean for designing the transition is not just your measurable goals but your athletic demands that you will be placing on yourself... For example playing pickup basketball... How often is that? Is it going to increase? Do you have other athletic goals that involve outdoors, running fast, moving better, etc? Your program (I'm assuming) should be tailored for your demands as well as your carryover. I am assuming that quitting playing basketball or doing any movement besides jumps would be disappointing to you, you don't want to be someone who increases their vertical by a few inches but can no longer jump during a basketball game...
A list of your demands that you place upon yourself is the first step to designing the transition. You can leave out "life" stuff like hiking with your girl or going on a ski trip but include anything you do on a regular basis that can effect training or where you want improvement...
Yes, you are right, again.
Indeed, i do not intend to quit basketball, it is what i enjoy, it is the field that i harvest the gym hard work. Furthermore, my bball beloved prototype is definitely Lebron over idk ,Curry or Durant. I would actually prefer Shaq or Barkley over lebron, but i am too ectomprph for that, lol.
Anyway, back to the real world:
-Basketball season is ending in 4-5 weeks. It is one session of 1,5 hours full court per week.
-After that i have about 2 months ( maybe 2,5 , let's say 9-10 weeks ) until my summer vacation off.
-At those 2 months i can workout every day, either that is gym or park or both.
-It would be nice if i could dunk again at the end of those 2 months. I need around 33'' for that Still ok if i couldn't dunk but i'd like to get to over 32'' at least , which hasn't happened since my quad injury in 2012. I am at around 30 now without any jump practice so i guess i am really close, just letting the fatigue settle down, lose a couple of kilos and actually practice jumping should do it.
-You are right, i don't want a KF model where i get extremely efficient at one movement only. I am well aware that trying to be good at everything compromises your chance to be very good at one thing. Still, i prefer the former, I like a little more well rounded approach. I want to put in sprints, be at PR levels there too if possible, and i like maintaining a 'bigger' BW, i just feel better when i am over 185. Of course i am willing to go down to 175-180 for peak/lean purposes, i will just want to get the weight back again after it
-At basketball, i like to be a little bit of all, again. I like out-jumping , out-speeding and out-powering the opposition. Not so interested in the technical aspect of the sport, the physical is much more appealing to me. I play the PF position and my favorite thing is dealing with taller&bigger guys. Out-jumping a taller one and out-strengthening a bigger one is gold.
-I don't have other athletic aspects i want to improve, for hiking and shit like that i am perfectly fine with my current average status. Skiing i do love with passion but i only ski a few days a year and i am perfectly happy with how jump-training affects it. Oh, i also do like o-lifts, especially the hang power variations. Never considered them as a sport on my mind, but as a training element. But i enjoy them and i would really like PRing them at some point, while e.g. i wouldn't give a fuck if i never PRed my bench press or even if i never bench pressed again in my life.
That should sum it up well.
