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How To Dunk A Basketball – 4 Important Tips And Goals

January 15, 2011

I know that pretty much every one of us has, at some point in our lives, dreamed of dunking a basketball like Michael  Jordan. “His Airness” has always been one of my idols, and since I was a kid I always imagined what it would be like if  I  could float in mid-air like him. [...]

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VJR Back Online

September 21, 2010

Well, after a very frustrating couple of days I managed to get all of my sites back online. I apologize to those of you who were trying to access the content on this site. Hopefully I won’t have any problems like that again. Recently, most of my time has been devoted to school and one [...]

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Experiencing Major Server Problems

September 11, 2010

Hey guys, If you’ve been to this site in the past 24 hours or so you’ve probably noticed that it has been down. One of my other sites that is hosted on the same account is causing some major problems with overloading my server. I’m currently trying to work with my hosting provider to get [...]

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How To Jump Higher Through Visualization

July 13, 2010

In this post, meditation is the name of the game. Well, I guess it’s not really meditation since it’s more like getting yourself psyched up. Learning how to jump higher through visualization may sound strange, but as the popular phrase goes, “mind over matter”! For those of you who have been involved with sports for [...]

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Squat Flex – Should You Buy It?

June 21, 2010

If you’ve been searching the net for basketball training equipment you’ve probably come across the Squat Flex at some point. This device uses rubber bands for resistance and allows you to basically do squats with bands rather than weights. This might be a nice space saver if you’re the type of person who has a [...]

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The Vertical Project Review – Don’t Buy It!

June 8, 2010

Don’t buy this program! The Vertical Project This is another very popular program. The main reason why it’s so well known is because the author, Luke Lowrey, is an excellent marketer. If you take a look at some of the things he writes on his sales page you will probably immediately see that The Vertical [...]

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This site is undergoing some updates!

June 4, 2010

For those of you who have been to the Vertical Jump Resource before you may have noticed that the site looks quite a bit different than it did before. I am currently updating the software that runs this site in hopes that it will make things run more smoothly, while at the same time providing [...]

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ESPN Radio Interview With Jump Manual Creator, Jacob Hiller

April 9, 2010

For those of you who are familiar with the Jump Manual, I thought you might be interested in hearing what the creator of the program, Jacob Hiller, has to say about improving vertical jump. This recording comes in a two part series and you can listen to all of it below. Part 1: Jacob gives [...]

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Update

February 5, 2010

Hey guys. Sorry for the lack of updates to this site. I’ve been incredibly busy with my neuroscience studies, laboratory work, and work at the hospital. I’ll try to get some more posts up here in the coming weeks. If this is your first time at the VJR website…welcome! Hopefully the information I’ve posted so [...]

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Vertical Jump Workout Sample | Plyometric Workout

November 26, 2009

I thought I’d take some time today to post a sample vertical jump workout that you can do right at home. This workout assumes that you do not have any weights to work with. Therefore, it will be based on plyometric exercises rather than weight lifting exercises. If you’re already using weights to help improve [...]

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