Montana's Best Dunkers

[Bay Area Cat]

Brian Foran from Winifred definitely deserves mention in this conversation. He's only 6'1" but can do pretty much any dunk ... including a 360 in a game this year.

 

[Sugar Bear 16]

Kral's secret in junior high (Will James Junior High, Billings) was to wear ankle weights while walking around school. Get your middle schoolers on that plan and they will be like Kral

Tom Ferch was well versed in they theory of plyometric training and used it as part of they Runnin' Rangers practice.

ankle weights will do very little for building strength in they muscles one uses to jump, so don't slap ankle weights on your middle schoolers. plyometric exercises are where it's at in regards to building and training they explosive muscles used for jumping. kids shouldn't really be doing plyometrics extensively until high school either, however....can lead to growth plate problems among other things. best thing for your elementary and middle schoolers? get them involved and running around learing how to enjoy sports, rather than focusing on all they other BS....

I think if you adapt the training for that age group and keep in mind their physical limitations and the fact they are still growing you can do plyo's with middle school kids. Kids should have fun but, for the ones that are serious about competing and want to compete I wouldn't say it's bs. I agree with you on wearing the ankle weights all the time would cause a significant increase in ones vertical.

 

[smarsh]

if you watch kids play (not the x-box), it is almost always plyometric type play, so i agree with you there.

one of the best plyometric type activities for kids? get a trampoline. excellent workout that kids enjoy: plyometrics, coordination, strengthening, flexibility, etc.

 

[Sugar Bear 16]

if you watch kids play (not the x-box), it is almost always plyometric type play, so i agree with you there.

one of the best plyometric type activities for kids? get a trampoline. excellent workout that kids enjoy: plyometrics, coordination, strengthening, flexibility, etc.

x-box ?

 

[smarsh]

i was alluding to the fact that too much of a kid's play time is in front of the gaming console (x-box, PS, Wii, etc.)