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by Anonymous on April 15th, 2007

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I am 5'9' and I can just touch the basketball rim with my finger when I jump up. Is it possible that I'll be able to dunk in one summer? If so, how can I go about doing it.

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  • by Old School on April 15th, 2007

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    In order to dunk a basketball, you will need to gain about 12" - 14" of vertical leap. It's possible but unlikely that you could train enough in one summer to make that kind of gain.

    There are many exercise programs that can help with this, but it takes some time. I think a more realistic time frame would be 6 months to 1 year.

    Look up information on plyometric exercises, such as this link

    http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/plyometricexercises.html

    You might also consider investing in a product like Strength Shoes, which I found helped me with my explosiveness

    http://www.strength-systems.com/strengthShoe.php

    Good luck

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  • by Barcaluv on April 15th, 2007

    Barcaluv

    Wow. You got a pretty good vertical leap there. I can't tell you for sure. Maybe with a lot of training.
    Just look at Spud Webb here. (He's 5'7")

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  • by Brook-E on April 15th, 2007

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    yea you can gain enough vertical in a summer a guy at my school got the shoes that are for gaining vertical leap and he can dunk and hes about 5'7 he just wore the shoes while he was refereeing rec games and he did it that way.

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