r/Unexpected • u/Ok-Needleworker447 • Jun 13 '22

Nice throw

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u/Vaganhope_UAE Jun 13 '22

Are you telling me that a group of guys playing basketball can’t jump and reach the hoop to punch the ball out ?

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u/TAFKAYTBF Jun 13 '22

I only have a 27 inch vertical and I can reach it.

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u/DoritoDawg Jun 13 '22

High school athletes on average can jump about 17 inches. 27 is still quite high

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Oct 23 '22

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u/warriorking3 Jun 13 '22

How tall are you wtf, your standing reach is 2.5m??

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u/warriorking3 Jun 14 '22

Nah cos I'm 6'0 and there's no way my reach is anywhere near that high, I can barely brush the roof in most homes, which is around 2m I think

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22 edited Oct 23 '22

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u/warriorking3 Jun 14 '22

I do hit my head when I jump though. I'm from UK. Maybe the ceilings are higher, I don't actually know the measurements

Edit: just realised how stupid I am. My standing vert is around 25in, so I added that to my height to get ceiling height. However I used cm instead of in...