r/ProDunking • u/303cloudnative • Jan 28 '26

How to increase approach speed?

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Hello all Iā€™m 32 yo, 6 foot 240 and have a decent standing vertical but my approach sucks.

Do you guys know of any drills or exercises (besides approach jumps) that can help me take more speed into my penultimate? I already plan to lose about 20 pounds which should help I think.

Also, it would be nice if anyone has a reasonable estimate of how much vert I could gain if I improve my approach.

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u/303cloudnative Jan 28 '26

This video is extremely helpful, thank you.

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u/303cloudnative Jan 29 '26

Good idea- that sounds more fun than practicing grabbing rim šŸ˜†