Dunkers under 5'10" get in here!

[Bills10]

Anyone 5'10" and under who can dunk what are your stats and what did you do to get there?

[SDOptimist]

This is probably no help, but just in case you are doubting that short guys can dunk, nate robinson is currently 5'9. Won the nba dunk contest. BUT, he said he first dunked when he was in the 8th grade. So he was probably around 5'3 at that time. But I highly doubt at that young of an age he did anything special to jump that high. He just naturally has hops.

[CaliSuperSport]

To me it always seemed like some people just got natural hops, like Optimist said. You could do the usual weighted jumps, platform jumps, plyometrics and resistance training combined, but I have friends around 5'8''-5'10'' who never did any of that and had skinny ass legs and could get pretty close to dunking. A couple of them started practicing and eventually could dunk.

When I was around 19 I couldn't even reach the rim, I started doing all those exercises I mentioned and eventually could reach a few inches above it, but not enough to dunk.

[samsdamann]

i cant dunk ( small hands ,cant palm ball) but in a month or too ill orobably be getting there

whats your vertical?

[Bills10]

I can touch the rim from a running jump. I am 5'9.5 and probably standing vert somewhere around 26 inches. I really am not sure. I am curious what some people did to get to that level and what their stats are. I can squat as of yesterday 245lbs and I am 152 lbs.

[thenewguy23]

I can touch the rim and am 5'9 and hope to be dunking by the time I'm 16

Touching the rim



Not sure on my vert but my jumping is really down to genetics, I have been lifting for around 4 months now and you can check my log out for my lifts

Would you count my jumping as a running vert or standing?

[Bills10]

Come on guys anybody else in this forum with advice or stats. I find it hard to believe nobody can chime in here.

[Matthias1980]

I'm 6' tall and had dunked once in high school. At the time i was coming off 10 consistent months of sports including 2-3 monhts of soccer, 3 months of basketball and 2 months of voleyball. i also weighted probably around 175 maybe 180.

ever since high school i've put on weight (now around 218) and can just touch the rim (I'm 32), thats about it. would like to think that you can get back to that but someething tells me i'll never dunk again. I wonder how it would look like if i was able to come back down to 180.

There is always this one or two odd guys who seem to defy gravity better than others, had a friend who was just 1 inch taller, probably skinier than me and he had a good couple inches on the jump over me and could dunk with ease. legs are part of it but i think abs are also extremely important.

[Bills10]

Anybody else?

[keaton40351]

I mean I think when your under 6 foot it has to do a LOT with genetics and natural ability. When I was in 8th grade could only touch net but by end of high school I could easily hang on rim but have yet to dunk (havent really trained hard for it). That was just development of natural ability. If your under the age of 18 just give your body time to see what it can naturally achieve then worry bout weight training and plyos. Not saying they dont help but they may not be required.

To answer the OPs question a good starting point would be to squat 2x your body weight while not gaining to much weight. That alone has shown to add as much as 8 inches to a jump. If your still not quite there incorporate plyos to get around another 3-8 inches. Most of all flexibility and jump technique. Tight muscles wont help you fly and practicing jumping always helps.

Stats: 5'9 29 inch vertical

[Unfocus]

Lol what's up guise. Was at a 42 inch running vertical, could actually be up there again haven't tested.

[thebeast53]

I'm 5' 5" 165 lbs and can dunk with a tennis ball give me a couple months and il get the bball. I have always been able to jump good... Mad hops here

[doctor220]

I'm at 5 11, so not really fitting in but I want to dunk within a year. My squat is a little over 1.5xbw, so once I get to 2x we will see. I can get rim now though.

[squatnoob405]

there.. 5'10 92" Reach.. paused full squat max peak at 2.6BW.

[konyy]

Im 5'8 and a bit, and can more than just touch the rim but cant fully dunk. Started squatting balls out this summer. Am doing 2x my bodweight.. hardwork my friend..

[Bills10]

Im 5'8 and a bit, and can more than just touch the rim but cant fully dunk. Started squatting balls out this summer. Am doing 2x my bodweight.. hardwork my friend..

What program are you following and what did your squat used to be when you started it?

[delazy]

im 6ft right now easily dunk off two, first dunk was when i was 14 at like 5'7.. best thing you can do is dunk on low rims and play basketball