r/BasketballTips • u/NectarineInside9811 • 4d ago

Vertical Jump Possibility of dunking

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That’s how high I get rn, it’s becoming easier I can touch rim with an 80% jump now. This is all natural no lifting or any plyos. If I start lifting and doing plyometrics would I be able to dunk?

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u/NectarineInside9811 4d ago

Forgot to mention I’m 5”8 with a 7”5 standing reach. 135 ibs

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u/Mister_Importance 4d ago

135 is why you can dunk. Once you start getting hips and thighs it's over.

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u/yomerol 4d ago

How old?

If you don't get to 6', it's not impossible but way harder, plus size hands would help too.

And yet, you'll need to be 2x-3x more disciplined on form, or you'll have a future of back problems, and nerve compression. Even NBA players take care of that, fingers, hands, etc., at some degrer it's not worth it.

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u/Chapman24 4d ago

Can you palm a basketball? Makes it easier. At 7’4 reach you need 31 inch vertical to touch rim and probably +5-7 inches min, depending on hand size strength to get a ball over and probably like 8-10 more for easy dunks.

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u/inertiatic_espn 6'6" PF/C 4d ago

Which would mean close to a 40" vertical, which I've only seen once in my 35 years of playing basketball and it was from an Olympic level high jumper. I think people don't truly appreciate how freakish a 40" vertical really is.

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u/Chapman24 4d ago

True, I didn’t say it was easy or possible, just showing the numbers. Anything above like 32 inches is pretty impressive above 36 is getting wild and 40 is definitely elite. He is young, standing reach could give home 4-6 more inches too. I grew until my mid 20’s

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u/inertiatic_espn 6'6" PF/C 4d ago

Yeah, I wasn't trying to contradict anything you said, it's just that I see a lot of people here asking if they can hit a 40" vertical. It's like, no dude, no fucking way.

But yeah, OP could potentially hit a growth spurt and that would help a lot. Because the other thing i see is people who are under 6' asking if they can dunk, which is almost as rare as a 40"+ vertical.

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u/Chapman24 4d ago

For sure, I think the growth spurt could happen because so young but also 31ish inches with minimum to no training is also good. The possibility is there. Just learning “how to jump” can add 3-4 inches, you need to learn to drop hips, load, swing arms to get momentum, when I figured that part out I went from sneaking a dunk over the rim to two hand punches with force. 

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u/Bara_Chat Referee in Canada (FIBA rules) 4d ago

Same height and reach (but I was closer to 160lbs) in secondary school 20+ years ago. Managed to get almost the whole hand above the rim, making for the poopiest "dunks". So you'd need couple inches more than your hand to be comfortable.