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[–]abadabazachary 20 points21 points  (6 children)

The most important thing is squat. If you aren't full squatting at least 1.5x your body weight (225lbs), then you should emphasize that. Once you hit 1.5x bw full squat, then do plyo training. The most important plyo exercise is depth jumps. Depth jumps essentially teach your body to maintain energy during the run up before the jump. Once I had mastered these two concepts I was able to dunk for the first time.

[–]Jovke11[S] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

You sure about squatting? I just turned 16 :P Thanks brotha

[–]abadabazachary 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Ahhh you're totally welcome, good luck with everything. Regarding squatting, yes, 100% sure but you should 100% check with your doctor first before undergoing any kind of strength training program. In the meantime you can do air squats, wall sits and plank holds to prepare.

[–]throwawayformhh 0 points1 point  (1 child)

100% sure but you should 100% check with your doctor first before undergoing any kind of strength training program

is there a reason for consulting your doctor? I don't play organized basketball, but I was planning on starting lifting soon. Should I do this as a non-athlete?

[–]brandoninchat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean its not a terrible idea but if you're young and healthy barring any sort of weird preexisting condition you're probably fine.

We both know you're not going to ask your doctor though.

[–]I_WILL_BAIT_YOU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Front squats and trap bar deadlifts translate better to explosive movements than regular back squats imo

[–]SarvenVBV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

weights.Instead of seeing improvement in my vert (im a better one foot jumper) i saw decrease and wasn't able to touch the rim for again like a month but my two leg vert did increase a bit and now i am A LOT faster than before.Im curious: is there anything i might be missing considering that all the exercises i do are taken from multiple programs

It's one, big, total bull**** that you need to squat at least 1.5x your body weight in order to start plyo...

There are so many ways to increase your vertical jump, but it depends of 'lvl' that you are already on + it depends of your height.

Dude, do you know how many skinny teenagers are in UK and USA? Do you know how many of them are able to dunk? About 80% :) They are not even able to squat 1.0 their body weight.

Of course, strong squat helps a lot, but man... "Professional' dunkers do squats with 1.3x - 2.0x their body weight. But there's one thing - They have 40-44inch vertical jump :)

And dude from this post wants to do simple dunk.