« How The Basketball Greats Leap and Dunk With Power

October 8, 2009

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Its long been taken for granted that the all time great dunkers were born with some form of superman like powers. How can the greats of the game like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter and Allen Iverson launch themselves so high and dunk with so much ease and control.

The total class of Michael Jordan Dunks will leave you in disbelief as to how he can do it with so much control.

Its assumed by many that some of it is just natural born talent. The ability to jump really high for a start can be in-built but many basketball superstars have put in a lot of unseen work with special exercises to get the most from their vertical leaps.

Being able to jump 30-40 inches off the ground is obviously a massive positive when it comes to those unbelieveable dunks we see during the NBA season and the yearly dunking competitions amongst the games greatest.

And when they take off it takes a lot of confidence to pull off the awesome dunks we have come to admire and love from these great players. The ability to do a full 360 mid-air twist, finishing with a slam dunk, isnt natural, so as you can imagine it takes hours of practice to perfect such a move.

Other moves like the under-leg catch and dunk are something, like some of the www.howyoucanjumphigher.com/kobe-bryant-dunks.php which are great to watch when they work. And it is these types of moves, which we all dream about doing. One of the major issues though is, unlike the major league players we dont want to put in the time and effort to achieve these results and the more they do the more it seems impossible for the rest of us.

So, if you are looking to impress with your massive dunks then concentrate on getting your vertical leap sorted first and then follow that up with some serious practice time on perfecting the moves. And in order to get some ideas on the moves you will need to spend some time catching up on the many hours of basketball dunk video you can find online, where you can even capture the moves in fine detail by watching the moves in slow motion.

Now, go get dunking!

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