Jake's Jumps

5'11".Cleared 7 feet.

Two knee surgeries later, I'm trying to dunk again. Follow along to see if I get there.

Read about the two surgeries

Jake's Jumps logo: a jumper rising toward the rim with the ball

Dunk calculator

Can you dunk? Put in your height and vertical to see how close you are to the rim. The full dunk calculator adds two-hand and windmill dunks, lowered rims, and a chart by height.

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Stand flat-footed next to a wall and reach up with one arm. Blank uses an estimate from your height.
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Your highest touch minus your standing reach. Don't know it? Try 20 to see the scale.

Enter your vertical to see your result.

Standing reach
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Highest touch
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Vertical to touch rim
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Vertical to dunk
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The rim is 10 feet. Most people need to reach about 6 inches above it to dunk.

What I'm using

Only things I actually train with. I'll add to this as I test more.

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