Basketball Training - Approaching the Rim by Practicing With Box Jumps

Basketball Training - Approaching the Rim by Practicing With Box Jumps


Consider this fact: based on the height of the box you're using, you're going to jump higher into the air. So what that tells you is that based on the force you absorb you will actually jump higher if you can absorb that perfect amount of force. Now consider that when you're doing your vertical jump approach. When you're approaching the rim and you want to dunk or you want to block a shot, you need to work on your approach and also provide that type of force absorption before the jump. If you run into your vertical leap very slowly you're not going to provide enough of that eccentric energy in order to transfer it into the air during the vertical jump.

So what you need to realize is during box jumps, that is the optimal amount of eccentric energy that needs to go into the counter movement to jump higher. So, when you're doing your regular jump approaches, what you need to think about is, "How can I get that same amount of force so I can jump higher?"

A lot of times it's going to mean running a little faster when you do your vertical jumps. It's also going to mean jumping into the jump a little higher. It may mean slowing down or jumping a little lower. What you need to do is find that happy medium where you're not running so fast into it that you're not able to handle the force absorption and transfer the energy.

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