| Let's be blunt about it: if you play basketball, there's | | | | together a collection of tips and tricks that helped |
| two leagues of people - those who can dunk, and | | | | me improve my vertical jump from near nothing |
| those who cannot. Although you might think it's just | | | | (after knee surgery on my jump leg and |
| a question of height, this is not at all the case. Of | | | | rehabilitation) to over 30 inches within 9 months. |
| course, being tall helps, but even average height | | | | Tip 10) Always warm up before exercise. Trying to |
| people - 5ft 9 or 5ft 10 - can learn to perform | | | | push your muscles to the max without warming up |
| amazing dunks. How? It's obvious - by improving their | | | | appropriately before (with light exercises such as |
| vertical jump. Now, there is a lot of ways to skin the | | | | running up or down stairs, or jumping with a |
| jumping cat, but not all are equally effective (and | | | | jumprope) is a bad idea and can easily lead to strains |
| some can actually be rather dangerous). I've put | | | | and other problems. |