Whats an exercise that will help me be able to jump higher?
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Strengthen your glutes and do jumping exercises.  Do 3 sets of 10 jumps where you try to reach something.  The next day try to target a few inches higher, so and so on.  Glutes, Glutes and more Glutes.  hip extensions, squats, leg press, lunges, the glute machine if your local gym has one.  There are tons.  Try to target the different glutes muscles as well.  Gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and minimus.  Ask a personal trainer.
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chance for you there. Start out with squats, dead lifts, calf raises. That should work all your leg muscles. If you need more, do lunges and other auxiliaries. Weight training helped me a lot for my jumps in basketball. Especially for two footed jumps like for rebounding.\n\nOnce you've gotten better you have to specialize on speed. It's easy with calf raises: go up really fast, down slowly. If you carry extra weight don't stretch you joints all the way, but you can't do that with your ancles anyway.\n\nFast sqats are nice too: You take almost as much weight as you take with regular sqats only you start out really fast. That does not mean that you move upwards really fast (because of the weight) but it is important that you practice activating your whole strength at once. Even more than with regular squats watch out for your back and start out easy until you are used to it.\n\nDead lifts are important to keep the balance. You might get your hamstrings and glutes sore, or even sprain them if your sqads are much stronger. Don't do dead lifts too fast though.\n\nBesides that jump and run. Only that too much jumping can hurt your joints. That's why I like weight training in a controlled environment for part of my exercise.
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Just work out alot go to a gym and work on the leg muscles and arm muscles then you can jump higher and hit harder
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do some exercises for it
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In addition to what James said, I'd incorporate jump training.  Find (or build) something sturdy about 30" high.  Squat down, then jump on it.  Do 3 sets of 10-12 reps.  When it gets easy, increase the height.  \n\nThere is a corrolation between vertical leap and quickness.  High concentration of fast twith muscles and lower weight will result in quicker running and quicker moves, both forward/backward and laterally.
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You should probably try to eat right and exercise daily. I know a fun way to exercise your legs. Get the Dance Dance Revolution game for home and that will keep you jumping. It's fun to play, you get to listen to cool music and you get a nice workout.
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Do uphill biking exercises, this will improve not only your jumping ability but also your quick step acceleration.  By attacking uphill on my bike, I was able to jump about 6" higher and my speed was mostly unmatched on most courts I've walked on to.  You want to do 1-2 hour uphill biking for about 3 or 4 times a week.  You'll definitely see an improvement in your ups.  \n\nA side note: To dunk a ball, you've also got to be able to get a good grip the ball.  Its much harder to dunk if you can't palm the ball.  Dunking takes a lot of energy, I find that layups are just as effective even though it isn't as flashy, but you'll stay in the game for much longer.
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explosion exercises will help your vertical leap. I have heard of an exercise called boxes, the object is to find a stable elevated platform to jump up on such as the first row of bleacher seats from the floor. Be careful while doing this exercise because it is dangerous. Another option which is safer is to practice with ankle weights so your body gets used to the extra weight and then remove the weights for a game and see what happens. \nThe best way to gain hieght is to work witha trainer who can design a program to fit your body size and needs.
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Jumprope! It increases your leg strength to help you get a better vertical jump!
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jump really high and just lean back... its that easy... now if you want to do it and land on your feet, you should probably get a trainer instead of asking a bunch of nobodys on yahoo answers
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For speed, do calf raises. All you need to do is stand on stairs with your heels dangling off the edge. Do 3 sets, starting at 25 a set and working your way to 50. This will also improve your quickness and jumping. \n\nFor balance, try doing squats and situps. Situps will improve your core strength and help stabilize you.\n\nFor hand eye coordination practice playing catch.\n\nAnother fun way to do all of these at once is to play tennis. Even without a partner, hitting against a wall will improve all three areas.\n\nGood luck.
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Any floor excercises?!
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well, to jump higher you need to strengthen your quads ands hamstrings while calves will mkae you run faster. heres how to run faster\n1st run enduarnce such as 3 mile runs\n2nd do 3 mile runs and while your doing it sprint then jog sprint then jog (called fartliks)\nAlso do 100, 200 meter sprints\nTo jump higher, run more as well as go to the weight room, do leg press workouts and squats. Also do field workouts such as karaoke and high knees. Also work some muscle on the arms to help the upward motion.
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Jump with extra weight
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You might want a take a look  at the article on  http://www.ehow.com/how_5634_increase-vertical-leap.html
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1. vertical jump\n2. bring your knees up and tuck
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Try doing squats, they work great.\n\nAlso ankle raises. Just get up on your toes up and down, repeat over and over. Best thing about that is you can do it anywhere. While you brush your teeth, in the shower etc. \n\nJump up and touch the backboard up and down over and over see how many times you can do it in a row.  Helps with rebounding.