How The Basketball All Time Greats Jump and Dunk With Grace

author | February 15, 2010

Its well known that the the greatest dunkers of all time were born with some form of superman like powers. How can the greats of the game like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter and Allen Iverson launch themselves so high and dunk with so much grace and power.

The Michael Jordan Dunks leave us in awe of this great basketball superstar.

Well for a start some of it is just natural born talent. The ability to generate massive vertical leap for a start can be in-built but a lot of these players have put in a lot of unseen work with special exercises to get the most from their natural jumping abilities.

The ability to jump 30-40 inches off the ground is obviously a big plus when it comes to those impressive dunks we see during the NBA season and the yearly dunking competitions amongst the games greatest.

And when a player leaves the ground it takes supreme confidence and ability to pull off the unbelieveable dunks we have come to admire and love from these great players. The ability to do a full mid air 360, finishing with a slam dunk, isnt natural, so as you can imagine it has taken a lot of time on the practice court to get those moves perfected.

Other moves like the under-leg catch and dunk are something, like the awesome Kobe Bryant Dunks which are perfected after hours of dedicated practice. And it is these types of moves, which we would all love to be able to do. One of the major issues though is, unlike the top basketball stars we dont want to put in the time and effort to achieve these results and the more they do the more it looks its impossible for us mere mortals.

So, if you are looking to impress with your massive dunks then focus on getting your jump height sorted first and then follow that up with some quality practice hours on perfecting the moves. And in order to get some ideas on the moves you will need to spend some time catching up on the many hours of basketball dunk video you will be able to see online, where you can even capture the moves in fine detail by watching the moves in slow motion.

Now, go get dunking!

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