What is your vertical leap?

[David]

You should just get some chalk and and a tape measurer and test against the wall. Quick, accurate and unlikely to destroy the family car.

[dcw23]

@Jeremy_Carriere

What would my vertical leap be if I’m 5’9 if i can take 1 step (vertical leap style) and jump on top(not the hood, the roof) of a nissan pathfinder landing on two feet on top.

I did this. The kid playing in the sandpit was furious.

[system]

What are your reaches?

I’m 6 foot 1.5 in" (1.885 m) and can touch 8 foot 1 in" (STANDING) when wearing my trainers/sneakers. This is an all out stretch. Of a run up my fingers marked
11 feet 4 in" on the backboard so that is 39 in" of a run up. My standing vertical at the time was 32 inches. This was 10 years ago when I was 18.
Next time I measure my verticals I’m expecting to be quite a lot higher.

[wufwugy]

@xlr8

Actually, I tend to agree with you that these tests are quite susceptible to “inflation” if you are testing yourself. However, your guarantee does not hold up. I achieved a 36" standing vertical at the Pro Football Combines earlier this year. The combines are quite strict with respect to the test protocol - no steps or pre-jumps are allowed and they use a Vertec to measure the height. My results at the combines were about 2" less than my all-time personal best when “self-testing.”

what’s a vertec?

[Daniel_Martinez]

It’s a vertical jump tester. It’s considered the gold standard of vertical jump testing. It’s the only way that I test the vertical jump for athletes.

http://www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_4133_A_CategoryID_E_194

[Kenno]

standing = 30 inches
after 2 steps = 35 inches

[sprinterouge]

If you are willing to lay down some cash, you might as well get a force platform, much more versatile and accurate than a Vertec.

[Mister_C]

Standing (no steps) was 29 inches.

[mortac8]

How is a force platform more accurate than a vertec… force plates are MUCH more expensive.

[Quartermiler]

Any ideas on what Ben Johnson’s vertical was???

[sprinterouge]

A force platform costs around $ 900 and base the result on flight times.

You can do the jumps in different ways and get different data according to the athletes’ characteristics.

Some more pricey devices can tell you how the force is expressed during the jump, which is even more useful than the mere end result.

IMO, $ 500 for a Vertec is too much.