Our best vertical on the team was 33"??!! Followed by a 31"?? How does a team with that little athleticism compete? There are Class D teams with better hops. That is ridiculously bad.
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I was thinking the same thing. I had a 33inch vertical in high scholl and I became a farmer. I knew I couldn't jump so basketball was out of the question for me. Guess I cut myself short. But come on how in the heck do you play division 1 ball basketball and only can jump as high one of the football teams d-lineman.
You can't be serious? 33" and 31" would put them 2nd and 4th on my 1981 class B high school football team. Those numbers are surprisingly low.
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I had a 32" at the Iowa State track camp in-between my junior and senior year...without all the nutrition and weight training advancements of the last 30 years. Those numbers are very surprising.
I seriously doubt anybody on this board had a 33" standing vertical. The average NBA vertical jump is only 28". Terran Petteway jumped 25" at the NBA combine. Blake Griffin jumped 32". Steph Curry's is 29".
Now if you measure after steps or a running start, that's another story. But for a standing vertical jump with no steps, 33" is better than most NBA players. I'd like to know which type of vertical jump was measured, standing or running.
Now if you measure after steps or a running start, that's another story. But for a standing vertical jump with no steps, 33" is better than most NBA players. I'd like to know which type of vertical jump was measured, standing or running.
http://www.theworldofhoops.com/truth-about-vertical-jump-basketball/
Ain't nothing wrong with a 33 inch no step vertical.
Ain't nothing wrong with a 33 inch no step vertical.
OK, I know this will sound like one of those threads where we all prop ourselves up, but I'm 99% positive mine was 32" at the Iowa State track camp with no step.
I know I had pretty decent hops (dunked as a freshman) but I shouldn't have a similar vertical to D1 basketball players...30 years later. No way in hell. I would like to see the performances of other college teams.
Here's the draft combine, note the 2 different numbers. 20s and 30s for standing.
http://www.nbadraft.net/2015-nba-draft-combine-athleticism-test-results
My vertical is about 12", but my dad was a big track guy in high school and college. He had a 42" vert. Had a 7'-1-2" high jump in college, at 5'7". The dude can jump. Still does Nebraska state games and jumps over his head (in his 50's).
There is no real point to this post other than my dad can jump higher than your dad. And probably could beat your dad up (because he is a super young dad in his early 50s and your dad is probably older and in worse shape. He plays basketball twice a week, so suck on that).
Edit- He may still hold a state record for most points scored in a track meet. Not sure though. Definitely holds some records for Fremont High.
There is no real point to this post other than my dad can jump higher than your dad. And probably could beat your dad up (because he is a super young dad in his early 50s and your dad is probably older and in worse shape. He plays basketball twice a week, so suck on that).
Edit- He may still hold a state record for most points scored in a track meet. Not sure though. Definitely holds some records for Fremont High.
But is that 12" standing or with a running start?????Laughing
He is my adopted father, so I definitely didn't inherit his hops. In middle school I tried high jump because it was his thing. I was terrible. I played OL and soccer on high school. Track wasn't my thing. I was as terrible at jumping.
At a meet in middle school I was embarrassing myself, which I am fine with, but a guy that wa running the jump asked me if I was XXX's son. I had to say yes and at that moment I realized that my dad was a 'name' in the Nebraska high school track world and I was soiling his highly regarded name. At that moment, as a 7th grader, resolved to never jump again.
My poor dad had 5 kids, none did track in HS. His only son (by blood) was a huge soccer player. Couple time AllState in soccer. Almost comical considering his past and that he still coaches HS track.
So long story short, that's a running vertical......
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190-200 lbs. I didn't have a 12" vert. That is self deprecation. Class B. On a quality team. 2004/5. But I couldn't jump very high and embarrassed my dads name in middle school.
A HS kid can fluctuate between 195 lbs down to 180 lbs without any issue.
Also, in a quality class B team, we had a 300 LB, a 260 lb, 210 lb, 195 lb and a 180 lb. you would be surprised at the honest weights of class B OL in Nebraska.
The vertical jump is an often misunderstood test. With no momentum, 33" is very good. Kinda like bouncing up a wide arm bench press, sometimes people don't know how to implement the test.
This forum has the greatest group of athletes ever assembled in an anonymous internet forum. Anytime Husker testing results are released, that fact is proven over and over again.
Haha!
Those are some seriously sad results being posted by our bball team. I had a 42" vert in clothes and 36" tested in half pads (shoulder and helmet) in high school/college. Did 36" in front of a scout at 258lbs.
Can still dunk as a 230lb 40 year old even though I haven't played a bball game in 15 years (blew out my knee last time I played a pickup game). I have a pic of me doing it barefoot (socks) last year and would post it but the forum doesn't allow you to post a pic unless you tie it to some web address (don't know how).
My pops was a world record holder in the hurdles in track so I have some pretty good fast twitch genetics. Fastest mile time was a sad 7:24 and that was when I was in the best shape of my life. Just can't run distance. But it's true that there are some of us lurking.
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Speak for yourself, douchebag. I know for a fact that I dunked as a freshman in high school (running start, couldn't palm the ball, but still got a few to go) hip-sledded 880 lbs as a senior (with the hip sled accidentally set for someone that was 6'2" instead of my actual 6'1 1/2", so my actual hip sled was probably in the 840-860 range), and could slam my wrist against the basketball rim from standing below the basket as a senior (No step). I wasn't a great basketball player at all, but could jump pretty well.
In college track, my jumping improved that much more, and could fairly easily dunk 2-handed, and on one occasion dunked one 2 hands behind my head off 1 foot. But could easily dunk with a 1 or 2 step approach off 1 foot. I could jump much better off 1 foot than 2.
I can't help it your hops sucked. You should have gotten in the weight room.
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Some people just don't realize that football and track athletes apparently usually have better hops than basketball players. I know I was surprised at how low the verticals were for the b-ball team.
I agree with you on that. Basketball players are generally much taller (which just makes for a less explosive and usually less athletic athlete typically - why there aren't 6'5" Usain Bolts all over the place). It's why the LBs and FBs are usually the most athletic (overall strength vs explosion) on the football team and the 6'5" basketball players win the dunk contests in the NBA over the taller players. With that being said, we should have 3-4 guys in the 32-38" range every year. I'll guarantee the teams that are winning have 3-4 of those guys.
32" verticals are far from world class athletes. Maybe if we had more of them, our basketball team wouldn't have had losing seasons 3 out of the last 4.
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I jumped over a mountain once.
As I said, greatest group of athletes ever assembled on an internet message board. You're our captain.
Someone should send this thread to the NBA...since most posters here have a higher vertical than majority of NBA players.
football players have higher verticals than basketball players. look at nfl combine vertical and nba vertical. nfl by a mile.
Should we start a thread with pictures of super hot models so that it can be followed with posts like:
- Meh
- I have seen better
- Not really doing it for me
- Meh
- I have seen better
- Not really doing it for me
Funny thing about internet insults is you rarely know who you are throwing them at.
Yes, I saw that when I did a little reading. I would bet track and field athletes involved in the jumps have a much higher vertical average than even the NFL players.
That's true, so zip it. Exactly how would I benefit from lying about the numbers I posted? What would my motivation be? Not that I care what you think, because you've shown me in the past that you're a mind-numbed buffoon, but tell me what I would gain from lying about the numbers.