Anyway, the PT prescribed me a brutal 3-day workout regimen that I should be doing weekly, for the next 4 weeks.
It seems like most of their performance training is geared towards sports that require a lot of leg strength - skiing, hockey, football, basketball, track, etc. Seems like everyone who goes there is training for something or other.
There's this sign posted on top of their vertical jump measuring thingie. It says,
NHL Average: 26"
NBA Average: 28"
NFL Average: 31"
My current vertical is 19" i think. Hahaha. The owner's personal best is 36" which he recorded in the new year. His ultimate goal is 40".
-d
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There is no way the average NBA vertical is 28", nor is there any way the NFL has a higher average vertical than the NBA hahaha
That must be based on some sort of tremendously skewed player sample.
Ran a quick google search
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/results/vertical-jump.htm
I chalk it up to the NBA players being relatively taller than other athletes, combined with the fact that the net is only 10 ft high.
Consider also the requirements of the sport. While jumping isn't a big big part of the NFL, vertical is a function of leg strength, and leg strength is something the NFL has in spades.
-d
I'm pretty sure that site is like, arbitrary numbers dude, haha
Randy Moss absolutely does NOT have a 51" vertical, for example. That's bullpoop. He has a 39" vertical according to his rookie combine numbers.
The NBA numbers also seem kind of arbitrary. Larry Bird cannot possible be the "average" vertical of an NBA player.
Dude was many things, but a jumper he was not. I would give you my pinky toe if Larry Bird had a higher vertical than 50% of NBA players hahaha
YouTube him. He's an amazing player, who does amazing things... very close to the ground, haha
I think i have a 5 inch vertical. Sad...haha
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