Originally Posted by MrPrince

hey guys,
i just picked up vertical jump bible and wanted to get started, bubt i'm not exactly sure what to do and ask u guys for help.
first of all i'm about 17, 6'4' ( like 6'3.9'') about 185 lbs and can't dunk. how can i not dunk when i'm this tall? i don't know, i guess i just can't jump. plus, back when i was 12/13 my kneecap jumped out three times, so my right leg is really weak and doesn't have nearly as much muscle as my left. so i guess that might have something to do with it. so it really is about time to get to work on my legs. my knee's fine now btw, so doing the vjb won't harm me.

the reason i wanna work on my jumping is like i said to be able to dunk (i'm like missing 5 inches, which may also be due to a wrong jumping technique) and just to get better in basketball (I'm not bad, but just want to get better and better).

i don't really know my vert, cuase i haven't measured it yet. well anyways, i was thinking about doing either the novice program or the intermediate program, both of them including weight and upper body training.

but i really don't know what to do, the vjb keeps talking about jumping styles and stuff, but i dont know what category i belong to. i jump just as high running and jumping off my left leg, as i do after taking one step and jumping off both feet (or running and jumping off 2 feet). i always do layups jumping off my left leg though, but if i wanted to i could do them off two feet as well.
about the sqating 1.5x times your body weight, i never did that so i'm not sure whether i can do it or not, but i think i'd be able to. plus i've been working out for a couple of months, stopped, then started again and so on (obviously, after stopping time and time again, the results weren't really that great)
i guess that's all the important stuff, so now the big question is: what program to do. since i dont know what my jumping style is i have no clue on what to do.
i was thinking raw beginner, but i think that would be too easy. so now i can't decide whether to do intermediate or novice. i thought the balanced intermediate program sounds really good, or would it be better to combine novice strength with intermediate pylos, or novice weights with nvice plyos, there's just so many options and i would really appreciate it if someone could help me out, so i can get going and start my journal.
thanks

edit: is the weight room strength training more effective than the bodyweight training, or should i rather do the bodyweight training
also: i notice most nba players are dunking off two feet, and some of them first take a step with their left leg and then the right comes after it. would that be the case if the left legs yyour strong one, cause in that case it looks like the left leg would be the one doing most of the work in a two foot jump. (others do it he other way around, so i'm guessing they mainly use the right leg in the two foot jump)