It's the golden egg of the basketball court, easily achievable by the towering giants of the NBA but an unachievable feat for many, or so they would think. Spud Webb stands at 5' 7", a full foot shorter than the NBA average and he is a regular dunker. However before he found fame, Webb overcame many challenges early in his basketball career. He was often discriminated against for his small stature, but when allowed to try out for his high school team, proved such an impressive player he was offered a scholarship to the University of North Carolina. In his first training session, Webb scored a two handed slam-dunk at the diminutive height of 4' 11". With his arms stretched out he had a reach of nearly seven...
It's the golden egg of the basketball court, easily achievable by the towering giants of the NBA but an unachievable feat for many, or so they would think. Spud Webb stands at 5' 7", a full foot shorter than the NBA average and he is a regular dunker. However before he found fame, Webb overcame many challenges early in his basketball career. He was often discriminated against for his small stature, but when allowed to try out for his high school team, proved such an impressive player he was offered a scholarship to the University of North Carolina. In his first training session, Webb scored a two handed slam-dunk at the diminutive height of 4' 11". With his arms stretched out he had a reach of nearly seven foot but this still required a vertical lift of over three feet, more than half his own height. He eventually went on to win the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk competition, in a sport where many players can easily dunk standing on the ground.Before you think about how you might grip the ball or whether to do a 360 windmill or alley-oop off the backboard, you need to develop your vertical jump. This is not just key to dunking but a fundamental basketball skill. Obviously it helps to already be a basketball player as you will have developed your muscles in the right way for jumping but if all you want to do is dunk then you will need to put in some serious training.Official basketball rings are 10 feet high, an official basketball is just under 9.5" and you need to be gripping the ball on the top to push it down through the ring, so you should assume you will need a minimum vertical reach of 10' 10", as a reference that's about as high as the top of the lay up box on the backboard. Being able to touch the rim is a start but if that is as far as you can get, you're far off dunking...****DISCLAIMER : None of the content in this app was created or modified by us. We are a curator providing direct access to content publicly available on YouTube. The content of this app is powered by YouTube. We are not responsible for any copyright issues as the app gives access to YouTube videos as is. We did not upload any of the videos to YouTube.****
