Means nothing? He said he wants to focus on explosiveness and strength and he wants to dunk, how does a long runner's VJ mean nothing in this case. It will make him slower, it will sabotage his vertical leap. You're right, long distance runners don't care about VJ, but this kid DOES care about his jump. Long distance conditioning definately will not help in basketball games, stick with the sprints.

yea thanks man im gonna work on my sprints,
can i still run on a tread mill like 1 mile or somthin like that?

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Height: 5'10 with shoes on
Weight: 155 lbs all muscle
Body fat %: 6.4
Age: 17
Standing Vert: 31

u should buy one of those lung things that make u breathe better. cross country is aerobic so basicly if u can keep taking in lots of air when ur tired u should be able to keep going for longer.

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i run like every other night, but i basicly try sprint the mile, is that good?

Cos if its not gonna help me get better i wont bother with it

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Starting stats
Height: 5' 8.5
Weight: 140lbs
Standing Vert: 20 Inches
Running Vert: 24 Inches
Body fat percentage: 10%
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End of Phase 4 Beginners
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 138lbs
Standing Vert: 26 inches
Running Vert: 27 inches
Body Fat percentage: 7.23%

[quote=24forlife]he wants me to run cross country and i wanna focus on explosiveness, strength, dunking...QUOTE]
Cross Country, will increase ur stamina, the amount of time u can spend playin it out hard on court, but wont do nething good for your speed or dunking. As most cross country is done as a jog, you wont get that explosiveness ur afta. I think the VJB Says it best why not to do that kind of marathon type running training. Kelly reckoned his vert dropped from 36 to 15 inches or something rediculous like that, plus ud probably die in heat like that So i dont think it will do anything watsoever for wat you want to focus on.

hey ppl i was actually thinking about starting athletics(Track) next school year and i will probably try for 100M and 200M and maybe 400M what can i do to increase explosiveness for these distances?
PS= i think that my speed has gone down a bit over the summer ,i`v been bit lazy!

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reach-7'6
Standing Vert:26
Running Vert:at least 27
started lifting weights in past few days
can reach 9'9(good?)

cross country does increase your stamina ,casue some ppl get tired quick in basketball while the others are playing fast geting the rim in 10 secs or less

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