I have great technique for football aka soccer. Back in college, I'd practice by aiming at the post with as much power as possible.. I could hit it on at least 90% of my shots. That took a heckload of work though. In-game I'm more of a passer/tackler, I love playing that free/creative role in midfield.
man you should tell aaron brooks and chase budinger about this secret of yours so they can jump as high as this guy!!!
i have to disagree with that...if that were true, high verticals would be very common. Sometimes it just comes down to genes, if you dont have the right muscle fibers, then your screwed.
i play a lot of basketball, but have never been able to jump. jumping just ain't in my genes, my dad couldn't get up either, but god i wish i could, i envy you
hey you whould talk to the guy with the 37 inch standing vertical! He and RedRedemption could show you how simple it is to jump higher than derrick rose and gerald green!
Seriously, man, get over yourself. Some of have seen ClutchCityReturns play, and while we might not have measured his vert, we know he has mad hops. You made your idiotic point the first time, now you're beating a dead horse.
I am posting about it more out of amazement and interest about CCR's athletic prowess. When a leaper of that caliber is sitting on our humble forum I take a personal interest and would love to see a video. If I could rep him after seeing his insane genetic gift I would
It's worthless, I can't dunk. Maybe a tennis ball? I need about 8 more inches to my vertical to even dream about being able to dunk.
I'm pretty good at golf for someone who picked up the game as an adult - my best score this year is a one under 70. (I finished bogey bogey, damn it!) I used to be able to run a 5 minute mile - not bad for just practicing in gym class and not being a trained runner.
I have a cannon for an arm from the outfield. (Unfortunately I'm average to below average at everything else baseball) I once threw a kid out at home, from medium depth in left field, on my knees. (He was extremely slow, though, and it was fifth grade) I can also throw a football 60 yards in air. (I think that's pretty decent...) I have pretty strong legs. (I once squatted ~500 lbs. with a recently torn meniscus) I hustle. That's about it. Lol.
Ok. This is at Toyota Center. That's me in the pants. That's CCR in the air. I think Dave2000 sent me that photo. I'm about 5 8, and he had his nuts in my face. He didn't go straight up. He was maybe two or three feet out. In my younger years, my vertical was probably 24-28 inches. Maybe higher. I could grab the rim with my fingers. I think my arms helped a bit.
When I was in high school, I used to ride the bus and play pick up basketball after school with some of my little brother's friends from the neighborhood. At some point they started calling me "veteran," partly because I was two or three years older than all them, but also because I always did this goofy-ass drop step, "like a ol' man who uses his skills." Had to break up more than a few fights between them on the bus, and one of them brought a .22 to school just for fun, but they were better than the racist d-bags I actually went to class with. ("Why do minorities get all the scholarships?" "Black people cook reeeally good.")
