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How to Measure Your Vertical Leap

Although various methods are used to gauge different types of leaping ability, the standard measure of a player’s vertical jump can be obtained by following the steps below.

1. Stand with your side to a wall and have someone mark off the highest point you can reach while flat-footed.

2. Cover the underside of the tip of your middle finger in ink.

3. Move one step back from the first mark (that of your reach).

4. Without taking more than a step into it, jump off of both feet and touch the highest point possible on the wall.

5. Repeat this five times.

6. Measure the heights of your standing reach and the highest point you touched on the wall.

7. Subtract your standing reach from the height of the highest point you touched on the wall. The number you find is your vertical jump.

For example, if your standing reach is seven feet, and the highest point you touch on the wall is ten feet, your vertical jump will be three feet (thirty-six inches).

92 Comments: How to Measure Your Vertical Leap

Posted by
jake
on 04.30.2008

im 12 and i can just hit then net and im 5’2. when im about 16 should i be able to get rim? .

Posted by
Jimmy Avera
on 04.24.2008

Yea, I’m 6 feet even, and dunking one hand. but i wanna say that when i first touched the rim, it was after another year and ahalf before i could finally dunk, but to anyone that wants to dunk....i would just say it takes time be patient, and continue to work at it. I didn’t lift weights. I simply went to the gym and practiced my vertical. Stand with both feet on the ground, under the basket, and jump as high as you can touching the backboard(if already at backboard, try touching bottom of rim) with no momentum, just bending your knees and springing up. It helps your muscles needed to jump higher.....Again, I didn’t do major weight lifting. and yes I’m black, but using race as an excuse for anything is just that, a lame excuse, go the gym and practice.....hope that you dunk. .

Posted by
love&basketball
on 04.17.2008

I’m 16 year old,white,Height:6.3 and I have 36’’ inches vertical leap,it’s fantastic that I can dunk easy.I was 15 when I’ve done my first dunk.I Love Basketball and do dunk every time! .

Posted by
j-dub
on 04.14.2008

well im 9 foot 8 inches, and cant dunk on a 10 foot rim so what now son, how u like dem apples? .

Posted by

on 03.14.2008

listen, stretching is very important...it will definitely help ur vertical leap .

Posted by

on 03.11.2008

hi i just got lypo suction and now i am able to get outside of my house to play basketball so now i discovered that i can dunk it .

Posted by
50 year ode man on cymbalta
on 02.28.2008

Hi im 50 years ode and i can still dunk it because i have been on cymbalta since i was a little homey g so my vertical is 300 yards and i just want to thank cymbalta for my success. out homey g dog. .

Posted by
homey g
on 02.28.2008

yo this is homey g up in the hizzle again boi. i got the shakes that will make you quake i got the fries that will cross yo eyes i got the burgers that durger yer furger ba jerger up boi homey g OUT BOI .

Posted by
bi unik
on 02.28.2008

Hi im a bi unik and i have been castorated since i was a little tot. it any of u nubbie nubs cant dunk it and a unik can then that is prtty sad, cause im ballin boi. .

Posted by
homey g
on 02.28.2008

yo this is homey g i got a three hundred inch vertical and i am 1 foot 2 and a half i could dunk it on a 10 foot hoop ever since i was 4 years old i was ballin boi .

Posted by

on 02.27.2008

im 5’9 and i can stand under the rim and hang on it. i can dunk with a runnin start from the 3 point line .

Posted by

on 02.24.2008

im 4-8 and can dunk blindfolded standing off one foot. and im 10. im also being sarcastic, it’s funny how this has become a competition.. .

Posted by
Ledimir
on 02.24.2008

Im 13 5’8 128 pounds and i can dunk on a 10 foot court i can also grab rim off the vert im not sure my standing reach is 7’6 so i guess i got like a 40 sumtin inch hop imagine when im like 15 imma be a beast. i also got a mean jumper and i play for junior varsity and im only in 8th grade .

Posted by
taylor
on 02.23.2008

im 5’7, and white and hav a 33 inch veritical .

Posted by

on 02.22.2008

im 17 yrs old and 6’2’’. i have a 48’’ vertical. i am an all state volleyball player. my advice to all u nubs. get a trampoline .

Posted by
ty
on 02.19.2008

im 15, 5’8" and on a running start i can touch the rim. i can almost touch the rim from standing underneath. ive measured my verticle from just standing and jumping and i almost have a 30 in vertical but when i run and jump most of the time i have a 36 in vertical. My estimated height is 6’3". .

Posted by
believeit24
on 02.9.2008

im 5’ 8 1/2’’ i am doing the vertical project which is the most appraised program, but i’m taking a break because it made my knees and lower back really sore but for the last 3 weeks every day during practice i would try to grab the rim at least 50 times a practice since then i can do a lay-up and then grab the rim.. some people call it a dunk but im not satisfied... any tips? .

Posted by
Destine4hope
on 02.4.2008

I’m 5’7 1/2 170 lbs. My reach is 7’1 and I can jump 43 inches. I’ve never done a vertical jump program for longer than 3 weeks...do yall think i could still gain up to 6 inches if I stay committed for the next 10 or so weeks? How many could I gain, potentially?
DP .

Posted by
Yuvraj Sanghera
on 02.2.2008

am 5’8 and i can touch the rim easily. how acn i improve to dunk the bb and am 15 yrs old.. .

Posted by

on 01.29.2008

Increasing your vertical requires training your fast twitch muscle fibers in legs and using proper body mechanics to generate upward momentum. Training is easily done through plyometrics (google it). Box jumps and sprints are invaluable exercices. Squats will increase your mean strength, but unless your doing explosive movements with the weight it won’t impact your vertical much. Increasing your thrust (strength) and decreasing your drag (weight) are key elements as far as training goes. Second is jump mechanics. You want to smothly transfer forward motion into upward motion. In volleyball and basketball you do this through an approach and arm swing. By planting the feet at take off and swinging the upper body you transfer momentum from a horizontal plane to the vertical plane, effectively reducing your drag (weight) enabling you to jump higher. .

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