 Yo, what the fuck is going on dude? Welcome to the video We're we gonna talk about my vertical vertical jump starting from regular 30 inches to fucking next level, baby 40 cool Yo, if you know me if you want to get to know me check my podcast if you don't know me I have trouble staying on topic so this is gonna be tough for me But I'm gonna try to answer the most questions I can so I can help you and your dunk journey That's what it's about. It's about jumping higher my first journey from 30 to 40 was pretty standard But after that 40 to 42 point five was a lot of struggle. So I did have some struggles. I did have a lot of injuries I'll try to go get over as we can get as I'll try to get as much as I can out of my mouth If possible, if not, we'll see if not. I hope you just enjoy That's literally all I care about in life is enjoy if you want to know more about that podcast That's it. I'm not gonna promote. I'm just gonna go. Let's should we get to the video already? Yes, okay Here we go. Yes, so thank you for tuning in subscribe and you will meet the love of your life the next person you talk to will be them How crazy is that imagine if that really happens? Please let me know that be frigging wild So it all begins in my backyard June 16th, and I think he messes up the date and it says it again later, but that's another story Young Steve right there Boca Raton, Florida. Let's get it. I'm five years old. The passion runs deep. Let's go Show them that and oh two-hander right left right left. Oh nice little bit of energy here. Watch out. Hello. Give me the ball Yeah, okay Yes, okay, so you can tell it's something I've always loved to do I thought it was a short person's complex overcome my short height when I was like in middle school But I mean I've been Duncan so I was a friggin toddler always what I love to do and if you didn't know Now you know okay if you didn't know no, you know, okay now This is where it gets a little funky I don't recall doing that. I don't recall knowing that dog Maybe we made eye contact and we had a connection or maybe I was just trying to be funny I'm a comedian now. Maybe I was just trying to make jokes like I know him You know, I don't know that dog is how could I know a dog? I'm adding a toddler and a dog having some rapport. That's funny. I was funny since then I've been Duncan since then It's all full circle. Okay, here we go. So this was college. I decided to go on my dunk journey Thank you to Andy Nicholson over the hill dunker. You'll always be one of my biggest inspirations I've always loved dunking in high school I touched the rim for the first time and then I'm like how high can I take this I started jumping and try The hang on the rim my first goal was hanging on the rim with my fingertips I did that broke my ankle had to do it again and then I'm like, okay How far can I take this found his videos and I'm like, okay He went from being 510 not to get it sounds like I'm going to say he grew but it went from fight He was 510 39 years old one from touching the rim hanging on the rim to dunking. I'm like I can definitely do it I'm young So after that I'm like I can do it I started my journey in the fall of UCF my first semester in college and here goes my first ever start day All I could do is hang on the rim I was trying one foot just showing my progress because I knew what we've done because I'm so Confident in myself. Okay. Now. I want to point out here I caught it with my bare fingertips barely got my fingertips. This is a nine ten point five This is not even a ten foot rim now what I want to point out here is that this was not my first attempt This was after like many attempts of touching the rim grabbing the rim. I only got the hang one You could see I almost slipped off. I barely got enough. So that's around a 30 inch jump Maybe even lower 91 inch standing reach you do the math the rim is nine ten point five. What is that? I don't know nine Let's see 120 minus 91 is 29 inches to touch it and another it's like 28 inches brow 28 and a half inches I Had no bounce and that's where I started from that's right by very first start day and that's what it was And you can see I'm naturally right left, which will be a reoccurring theme coming up And so that was November 30th 2011 and then December 20th on a lower rim the first room that you saw or the first room I ever hung on I don't have the video. I tried to find it couldn't find it But this is the very first room I've ever hung on with my fingertips before that day of my actual start day And this is one of the first times I ever caught on tape by hanging with two hands But I didn't know it was a lower rim. It felt like a little low. I couldn't tell I didn't know Maybe I just had bounce anyway one of my first rim hangs December 20th and again that took me many tries that was a huge goal of mine because just thinking of NBA players Me 510 white horrible haircut I could do hang with two hands legitimately not reaching not barely grabbing a fingertips hang with two hands being able to swing was a Very inspiring type of goal to set for myself. That's why I was so pumped and that's why I did it So December then 20th. So what was I doing here? What was I doing? I was I tried the jump manual gave it like two or three weeks did strength training I was already lifting in high school doing squats. I was pretty strong with my legs played a lot of basketball Decided to drop the weights drop the program just jump So when you see these next videos where it says week six right here All I was doing was jumping all I was doing was jumping at the rim trying to hit my wrist on the rim Trying to grab my palm on the rim trying to hang with two hands different different plants different things So that's what you see here. All I was doing was jumping. So week six results January Says the tenth. So this date is off that I have here, but whatever first hang on two hands Left right and also I think this is like I thought this was like a legit rim. Maybe I didn't know I don't know but I Wrote here first two-hand rim hang. I don't know. Maybe it was like simultaneous. The other one was like a little bit I don't know left right. I switched to left right because when I tried it I got a little bit of a boost I think because my left leg was dominant from all the years of playing hoops and going off my left leg for layups Switching to left right. I got an instant boost. So I stuck to that which becomes a recurring theme Then I tried to dunk a small ball a million times unsuccessful very fresh So this is what I was doing I was trying to push myself to do something I couldn't do can't I can't emphasize that enough push yourself You just reach a little bit higher jump a ton when you're going from the low 30s to the mid 30s All you need to do is jump for most people. I don't think you need a straight train yet Just jump jump jump as you can see I didn't have great technique You can work on your technique you can work on your approach You can get fast so you can do a lot of things you can get really frustrated and kick the ball. Yeah And that's what I was working on that I couldn't even get a small ball I was very frustrated couldn't even get a small ball, but I could hoop a little bit crossed up my friend Shoot the ball does he make it no? And then look I try to you see I'm always jumping see I can't even get to rim level basically But I thought I was jumping high. Okay, so then we fast forward to February I go to the rim that I always started on I say week 12 I was trying to make it. I don't know if it was exactly 12 weeks of training It was just a lot of jumping I think it might have been exactly 12 weeks, but it has nothing to do with like following a program I was just jumping I go to this rim I had other days that were similar to this as you can see I'm warming up kind of close back Rimming kind of early in the session missed a bunch and then I get super dramatic with it Where is it super dramatic on one of these misses right after I miss I got pretty close And I knew I wanted to make the video editing sucks, but I got way better editing as well How fast am I talking and there it is my first ever one foot dunk first dunk ever the rims like 9 9 But at the time it was legit to me It was a hoop I played hoop set hoop that ball that ball that a lot So to be able to dunk on a rim that I went from not even being able to hang on This is the first room I hung on to now I'm dunking on it was just an extreme extreme dream come true for me and then Who has lived up to there just the beginning phrase more than one? Okay, so here we go so then That was my first dunk off one foot and in this session. I almost had a off the lob attempt. Where is that one? I think it's right here Where is it so you I was also trying lobs right here Left right got really close very efficient. It looks closer than it was I still need to get higher to get down with it and the angle super low. Okay so now So now I'm obsessed with getting my first lob dunk I got my first one foot dunk all I was doing is jumping same thing now We're into April February March April two months later As you can tell very close Not a great jump I was kind of under the rim could have made it more efficient I pause it there because I'm saying my wrist is above the rim But it's probably not the a it's definitely not actually the angle super low my wrist is at the level It's definitely more like I love having this arm here. It's definitely like fingertips I barely back-rim it meaning if it plays I Skim my hand on the rim just get enough on top of the ball to push it down back I'm getting closer and then I have a really good attempt here Hang on the rim, but again, I'm not high enough. I'm just basically grabbing the ball and hanging on the rim I don't have enough to like put it down. Okay, but I'm getting close nine ten rim That's all I'm doing throwing lobs going to get it running as fast as I can pushing as hard as I can Just getting good at it. A lot of it is just technically getting good at it That's what I tell people if you're close to dunking if you can touch the rim you can dunk just jump a ton push yourself You don't need to get stronger till I think upper 30s or more unless you're crazy short You need to get crazy strong because of the torque of your body if you're tall you can you can make a lot of progress by Just jumping okay, so now we're into May same rim My vert was pretty good. It's actually not much different than it is now I'm I mean even if three four inches in six years. I'm happy with that. I had to get a lot stronger I was already decently strong. I have a lot more strength to build but that's really hard to do I thought this was a big jump catching with two hands room to spare. I thought I was like cocking it back But it's really the same thing. I just go up and bring my arms I'm just not like reaching for it. It's a little it's a little bit better, but it's not as big as I thought It was I really thought I was flying A couple dribble-ducks actually That one wasn't bad you can tell my footwork is terrible if you look right here look how bad that left ankle is just really unoptimal practice I'm carving in really bad patterns for myself and that comes back to haunt me and We're seeing what I'm doing catching some love my first ever love done right here I don't know if this is a very very first one But I think it is and I caught it with two don't do it to why with two hands I just had more control. I couldn't even do it with one this day. I remember I caught it I'm pretty sure caught it try the dunk with one catch with two dunk with one couldn't even do it later If you go to my YouTube channel, these are all my oldest videos. These are all on YouTube by the way If you see I say like I catch a one-handed dunk because I actually did two hands first. I know that's ridiculous, but They're not they're not like two hands, and I'm really that good at it I just really catch it barely get it over the rim and it's basically like that same to him rim Hang just with the ball just enough to put it down And everything's terrible. Okay. How about another edit? Why don't we show it one more time? Extra slow mo and then slow mo the dismount very good Steven. Okay, quality and sound has all improved a ton Okay, so a lot of the same barely making you can see with this one that my fingertips A little bit of an anomaly to jump with two hands off your lob It's a little weird, but this angle shows a little better This one looks like I'm jumping Super low angle just getting above the rim. I can't stress that enough if you watch now when I do my When I do myself bounce dunk It's like just above the rim like a lot of these I was hitting front rim a lot of pushing them through But just enough the rim just to get it over the rim so it looks like really like I'm flying but it's just above it I'm just really efficient with it and then These guys are hilarious saying some stuff to me little one-handed dunk, and then where do they they sit some stuff to me? I don't remember when you said I really Just joking around sick pick Steve really sick picks wait great still shots Okay, those are actually super dope when you can dunk bro back then you show your pictures You're fucking hanging on the rim the balls with the rim what okay, so then just jumping same thing now You can see August so that was May June July August three months later a little bit more progress you can see I have a little bit more room to spare back to that nine ten point five rim that I was on at the very start of the video So now pretty much full circle back to school a little bit of room to spare and then a big milestone here First time I ever dunk my wrist a little bit of power And now I hit my wrist on the rim So that was a big deal for me and all I was doing is throwing lobs literally all I was doing was Jumping jumping jumping so I hit my wrist on the rim and that's big Okay, so then it's it's been it almost it's been Eight months how long has it been however long all I was doing is jumping I was pretty much pretty strong wrist to level wrist to rim level is almost 40 inches It's probably like 38 39 on the nine ten point five and then I'm switching to right left just because I like to want to bang it. I really wanted to wind mill And I really thought this was a big But as you can tell now that's like compared to what I do now on that rim my head looks near the rim I'm catching it way here, and I'm smashing it into oblivion. Okay, and now this one Little bit of room to spare because I caught a little bit like this It's still not crazy compared to what I do now so you can see the problem You can see the footwork is really good though Look how straight that footwork is look go up right I go I thought that was absolutely smashed and for the time it was from not dunking on this rim barely back rimming barely Reaching to be able to smash like that. I was in heaven. Okay now my goal from November was I want to hit that 40 inch Vertical and in March it happened. So now we're over a Year, yeah, we're over a year almost a year and a half of Starting and as you see here, I'm running I get my wrist This is a 10-foot rim and you can see here pretty good editing here You can see my wrist hits the rim right there. You can see my whole wrist is over about an inch down It's very close the little marker. I had in my shoes Measured my vert the little technology I had says 40.3 It's might not be exact this the the fact that you touch the rim may keep you in the air a tiny bit fraction of a second Longer which affects your thing But I your vert but I measured it multiple times hit 40 a few times based on where I hit on the rim That's the more accurate measurement. It's just simple math. I have a 91 inch standing reach My hand is about eight inches a couple inches down very close to 40. That's how I got to 40 and I want to stress that it wasn't just 40 inches and that was every jump. That was my best jump of the day And that's not with a ball in my hand. That's not catching a ball and dunking it So when I'm dunking if I were to catch up all and then dunk it even if I complete the dunk on 10 feet That might not have even been a 40 inch max jump, you know what I mean? It might have been 39 on the Richter scale or whatever the scale they use But you get the point 40 inches on my best day. That's what I did and then March April May June July August next August. I get a little saucy with it acting like I'm all that Oh He's dunking off the dribble. He's got a little mix. I'm feeling good back to the rim saying dunks But again, you can see a lot of progress since then, you know, it's been six friggin years I should have had more progress but Still really happy with how I've been able to do it and up until this point. I didn't really have any struggles I was doing right left a little windmill. I don't think that was my first window, but like you can see it's super low I'm not catching it up here. I'm not destroying it all those little things are fractures of an inch You catch it a little here. That's a fraction of it. You catch it up here It's another fraction of an inch you bring it around and you smash it compared to just rattling it in That's a half an inch to an inch. So all those things is like it's the same dunk, but it's inches different um, and then July 20 2014 so since then after that, I'm pretty sure I got injured from August 2013 to July 2014. I'm pretty sure I got injured other than that. I was switching to right left Back and forth trying different things trying to get better mainly just trying to jump higher My focus was not building a foundation building different angles and tricks and different game situations I was simply trying to jump my highest. So this was a great day for me Don't get off the dribble legit 10 foot rim at UCF. I was really happy with this jumping left right I even got right here as you see your boy. If you know me, you watch me do Two hands off the dribble and if you want to know why I'm better off the lob than a dribble I have a whole video explaining that here that I posted recently. Ding And then besides that left right, I have another video of me why I switched plans Just look up why I switched plans But the long story is that this was my best day I had in a long time left right I was really good in terms of being a regular dunker my dribble dunks were a little bit lower than my lob dunks Which is normal because you have the ball in your hand, but my footwork was terrible as you as you watch here Pretty good dunk there on 10 feet for a left right Look at this window nowhere close not saying that I couldn't windmill, but my vertical wasn't that high I was just very efficient with my jumps left right. I jumped right right at the rim. I jumped very straight up I jumped really well, but the thing I did bad was my footwork I couldn't fix that foot turning outwards and all those dribble dunks were on my best attempts There were some attempts where I went to jump and completely bail like I would literally go up and get like half As high couldn't even touch the rim because my footwork was so bad So I tried to fix it had so much trouble with it really wanted that windmill and my mind shifted to that windmill Hence the start of dunk journey 2.0 the next year. So that was 10 feet 9 11.5 right left I was all about right left. I had a lot of injuries these next couple years I had a lot of struggles with my off the dribble because all I was trying to do was focus on Taking off and getting as high as I can so my lobs escalated with right left because my form was so good And my technique was so great all I could do is add speed add add more explosion And I kept jumping higher so I just I just built bad patterns I built bad habits and then I had a lot of training struggles which will all be in part 2 So I hope you guys enjoyed I hope you guys learned something and I hope you can learn from my experience of what to do and what not to do And if you're excited for part 2 fucking yell at me in the comments and if you want me to make part 2 And I don't make part 2. I'm sorry in advance, but this is not my strong suit I just hope you enjoy I hope this opens your eyes to see how much progress I've made since then and I'm making my best progress yet I've actually had my highest jumping day this year in July. So two months ago I was having my jump my highest jumping day of all time. So even though I've had these struggles I stuck with it. That's what I want you to do That's what I want you to know you can't give up if you want it You're gonna go through these struggles You're gonna go through the ups and downs But now you guys have a lot more knowledge and I had about strength training how to properly stimulate your body and how to Properly build the right foundation for the dunk life. God damn it. That's an outro and that's how we do it Stay tuned for the podcast. I hope you like me as a person because that's what my channel is about I'm using this to drag to drive traffic. I just want to drive traffic so I can get out of traffic It's my job. Okay, this is getting into a podcast. Love you to the loo. Have a good one You