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The majority of people in our society want to be a superstar, which is why most athletes dream of the moment they become as famous as their idols. Athletes are obsessed by the thought of being a superstar but few people realize the hard training it takes to get into that position. The best weapon to achieve it is always, and forever will be, constant practice. This serves as mantra for people who do their business outside the basketball court or field.

It’s important the athlete realizes this at an early stage in there development and stops looking for secret formulas to improve their athleticism. It cannot be found anywhere else but in the practice field. In truth, there is no secret formula to how athleticism is improved. It is merely a combination of several health and lifestyle factors followed on a regular basis for years to produce a stronger and healthier version of themselves.

Oner of the most important factors in basketball is learning how to jump higher to dunk. Most of the players long to join the line of professional dunkers who have excited the audience with their awesome vertical leaps. It may seem redundant but it is important to repeat constantly that a strong jump isn’t attained overnight. A strong jump is just the outcome of a prolonged daily training routine.

Its the power produced by an athlete that allows them to jump higher, not their god-given height. In layman’s term, power simply means that a person is able to exert a greater amount of force at a smaller amount of time. This is attained by increasing ones strength and speed. All are connected with each other in the sense that if maximum strength is exerted then a greater velocity is produced. There are many ways to jump higher but all the practice in the world might be in vain if execution isn’t backed up with knowledge. The vertical jump bible by Kelly Baggett provides the sufficient knowledge in her list of 10 performance quality movements to jump higher. It is listed in order as control and stability, general strength, range of motion, maximum power, starting strength, force absorption training, reactive training and quickness. One cannot do without the other. It follows the concept of ‘an object is only as strong as its weakest point.’

The proper knowledge will help jump start your way to a higher vertical leap. Before advancing your training, one must remember the basics which include control and stability. This will help in the execution of the proper movements in training. Muscle has a certain memorability in the sense that if it keeps on doing the wrong movements over and over again, it will be hard to correct over time. Control and stability will help prevent this step. Much emphasis is placed in the quality of the movements rather than how many times it is repeated.

The ten things on the list should be studied thoroughly as all of these are factors to a stronger, higher jump. Smart practice is the key.