How To Measure Vertical Leap And Correctly Calculate Your Hang Time


by Karin I Manning - Date: 2007-03-05 - Word Count: 463 Share This!

If you are an athlete interested in increasing and improving your vertical leap then you need to have a way to measure your progression. There are a number of ways you can measure vertical leap. This article will discuss importance of the vertical leap, the most common methods for measuring vertical leap and how often you should measure vertical leap progression. Keep reading to download your own free vertical leap workout program.

Vertical leap is not just a guide for how high an athlete can jump. It is now considered such an important measurement of an athlete's capabilities that the NBL initial assessments have been reduced to just one single athletic measurement: the vertical leap.

How To Measure Vertical Leap Method One: Stand with your side next to a wall, reach up (but do not step up on your toes), extend your arm and touch as high as you can on the wall. Mark the spot where your hand reached with tape, chalk or saliva.

Now while standing in the same spot jump as high as you can and with your extended hand make another mark where your hand extends to the top of.

To measure your vertical leap simply take a measurement between the two markings.

How To Measure Vertical Leap Method Two: Once again, stand with your side right up against a wall and have someone mark off the highest point you can reach with your arm extended while you stand flat footed.

When you have done that cover the underside of your middle finger tip with some form of ink.

Move one step back from the wall. Being sure not to take more than one step into it, do a vertical jump off both feet and touch the highest point you can reach on the wall.

Repeat this vertical leap jump five times. When you have done that, measure the measurement of the highest mark from the first mark and you have measured your vertical leap. When you subtract your standing reach from the height of the highest vertical jump you have a measurement of your vertical jump.

note: With the vertical leap measurement above there is much controversy about whether it is an accurate measurement, given that the athlete is able to do one step into it. Many believe that a real vertical leap measurement only occurs when there is no step into it.

Given the right vertical leap program and the right exercise to improve and increase vertical leap, there can be a significant improvement to your vertical jump over a small period of time so it, therefore, a good idea to measure your vertical leap progression on a weekly basis and aim to improve it by finding the best vertical jump program that is right for you and your needs. Download your free vertical leap program below.


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