 What's good guys what's going on back to dunk day guys we're back another dunk vlog feels amazing crazy to be playing basketball dunking I'm trying to be a game dunker if you're new to my channel. I'm 510 I increased my vertical over 12 inches measured a 42.5 inch running vertical, but that's all Fugazi listen, I pushed myself super hard trained my balls off for six seven years Overdeveloped my quads didn't use my hamstrings or my glutes and now I'm back to square one to be a game dunker And it's not completely square one I have a lot of experience and I have a lot of training But I'm trying to not only jump higher but jump way higher off a standstill off a drop step So I got super good at the full approach super good at running full speed But I want to get really good at off a standstill and game type situations Which is what today's videos about and I'm also getting over a hamstring injury You can watch other videos to dive into that But that's part of the reason why this training is really difficult because I also have to fight through a lot of pain You'll see me doing hip hinges and you'll see me pushing off that hamstring and that's part of the reason why I'm having trouble Making progress off that drop stuff because it's very much using that posterior chain those power muscles And I don't have good patterns carved in my jumping patterns to use those muscles So I have to relearn that new learner. I've never really done that So I'm excited for that because the second I start to make progress on that. It's gonna be super exciting today I have a freaking 27 inch for Stay tuned because I'm gonna be dunking at least once a week playing pick up first game playing pick up since Quarantine 5 on 5 so excited to start runs the Miami ball is life East Coast team is gonna be in Miami Where I live this week, so I'm gonna join that maybe I'll play a little bit About to run some fives for the first time in over a year, so let's go Okay Give me a break listen I want to break this game down with you. I have so much to learn I'm awful at the moment, but I have a lot of bounce It's just about carving the patterns that are gonna allow me to use that bounce in game I'm terrible and I want to be impeccable with my word, which means I'm getting better I don't want to say I'm that bad But I need to practice two-foot finishes because I don't finish well in the game I'm great jumping off two feet just max out jumping. I have a 42.5 max jump But finishing in a game one foot two foot is terrible So that's gonna be the focus and standstill jumping you'll see how I work on that. So let's go through this game Okay, so that's a great finish great blow by but look here's the thing is right here when I pick up the ball I could easily take off with one foot way more explosive just like Nick Bres really fly off I can grab the rim easy off one foot, but I don't even use any of that. I'm freaking flipping it off off my right foot I could even come here right here and Take off left right and really use a lot of my bounce and just lay it up very easily and that's the level I want to get to Here touching the rim not feeling that great Wide open shot Okay, I'm rusty. All right, so this is decent move here split the defense and again Okay, so two things I could do here It's right after this dribble gather get ready to finish, but I'm not in that mode. I don't have that practice I don't have nearly enough in me. I could go right left right there and take off and even dunk that That's what I want to do. It's a tough angle But still even if I go left right for the layup left right for the layup I should be way by the rim even off one foot I should be taking off super explosive and getting right at that rim that could all be dunks right there And that's the level I want to get to Yeah By the way since I'm rusty at this I feel very unstable on my feet I feel very like I'm about to fall like I'm about to hurt something I haven't played in that long and I want to get super super agile again. I don't feel like that yet Good move again. No handles finish strong. That's okay, but the blow-by is good I'm very very quick like it's very hard for most people to stay in front of you, but I have very little handles I'd give them like a 68 rating right now, but I Get position here and once I get position I literally have a wide open lane if I had a drop step dunk in the bag I could do it right there take off right left even left right I don't even go off one even off one foot I should be able to at least slap back when I was even close at least I made the layup Again First life good pass there good ball movement got the IQ Blow by again another All right, so right here is the last one I wanted to mention right here is a good blow by again got position and then right here saw the defender coming So kind of hesitated as if I was gonna pull out to create more space from this defender here oops and Then hold up because he was the tall defender was right there So nice floater there But what I could have done to is really really utilize that two-foot finish take off get a lot of body contact Really high up there and finish with the left use my body for protection, but I didn't do any of that I'm not even near that even with the one foot I could do that go really hard up with the one foot like Nick Brze does use a lot of body and finish But I'm nowhere near that but the good news is I have a lot to work on and a lot to practice All right, so what you see me doing here is Emphasizing that dorsiflection because my body does not want to use that heel when I push through that heel because that's what makes Me use my hamstring and my glutes which is my power which is what I need for these dunks But since it hurts and I have an injury there it avoids it So I'm going back to square one to re carve those patterns and get my body used to using those muscles So as you see I'm doing one step at a time Just really emphasizing that and getting comfortable jumping like that What's great about the heavy ball is that I can't use my arm swing I have to really emphasize using my legs and all my power to do so and get stronger with the ball in my hand Another thing I want to mention why I got excited right here was that I have this heavy ball in my hand I felt super awkward as the day started. I was feel like I was at step one But I'm able to touch the rim with the ball in my hand on such a day one type of day That this is a small win that I could really hold on to Celebrate and have as a great way to measure my progress So now I've touched the rim with the ball in my hand off a drop step. Maybe next week I grab the rim maybe I back rim it But it's a heavy ball all these factors against me and I feel really good about that if you guys been following Me for a long time. This is way lower than I've jumped. I've jumped 42.5 inches max running But I got sidetracked my main goal is dribble dunks and I've carved patterns that Skip all the power skip my glutes and hamstrings So I want to get back to really drop step dunking one step dunking in games Make all those points in the game that I pointed out dunks. That is my goal. That'll be the most fun That's what fills me up with energy. That's what fuels me to play That's the most exciting part is getting those in-game dunks I Know this may seem super boring But if you stay tuned and we get those dribble dunks, it'll all pay off. It's all part of the process All right, so this movement right here might be the toughest thing I've ever had to do the Romanian deadlift and I have Haven't had this good a form in my entire life. Thanks to my trainer John bid for for helping with the cues But if you look here, my back is flat. I'm not over arched. Which means I'm keeping my core engaged I'm pushing my hips high pushing my butt back and that fires up my hamstring So much pain, but you can watch other videos why I'm pushing through pain My body just has scar tissue and it's just things that I need to push through and teach my body how to move properly It's so tough for me to do that and to keep my my neck in alignment and neutral is all these cues at once While feeling the pain and holding this weight It's just something that's so difficult But I'm so excited to make progress with to get that range of motion to really Emphasize this hamstring get it super strong in the areas that I am weak in Balance out my body and then have all this power that I can use and Since I'm pushing through pain and getting comfortable with it being able to actually use it So that's awesome. And last but not least this stretch right here using my quad If by using my quad I'm flexing my quad which straightens out my leg to stretch my hamstring It's a really tough stretch that I'm learning and I'm already almost at a straight leg when just a couple weeks ago I was here Neurologically it was super tough just because of the pain and I didn't want to push through it And my quad used to shake and it still does fighting against my own body It doesn't want to go in that position But what's great is after playing pickup jumping the romanian deadlifts I'm still able to get a straight leg which a couple weeks ago. I couldn't even get in this position With just warming up. So this is huge progress already. I'm really excited Even though there is a lot of pain left. I'm making so much progress in this area And there's just so much more I can share with you and Super pumped sometimes you got to go down the mountain just a little bit to find a new path to surpass the last path you were on So that's what we're doing. Stay tuned super pumped to have dunk Game dunks. It's gonna be insane. Ask any question you have I hope this helps you along your journey and I hope that you guys realize you have no limits Never give up simply hope you guys are having more high vibrations in your life than bad ones More good experiences higher intensity good experiences. That's it. That's the point of life I'm having a great day. It's a great Monday. I got a lot of energy. I'm gonna see if I could dunk probably some drop steps And we're gonna kill it. Let's go