Do you remember LeBron James’ dunk over Damon Jones? What about the one over Tim Duncan and Rasheed Wallace? Nobody would doubt that LeBron has got mad hops. His head is at the rim almost every time he dunks! In fact, he has a 41-inch vertical. But the most interesting fact about the 22 year old superstar is that although he is one of the strongest players in the league – he still manages to have such a sick vertical leap. You ask where is the problem? Lets take a look at LeBron’s body. The guy is build like a bodybuilder. The problem is, muscles are heavy, muscles are even heavier then fat. By the way, that’s the reason you first gain weight when you start running in order to lose some fat. You build muscles first and burn fat only later. So be patient in that case. Back to Lebron - as a matter of fact, at 240 pounds he is actually too heavy for his height (6’ 8’’)! The average weight of an NBA player at this height is 222 pounds. But he still gets it done, he still has a vertical that is well above that of an average nba player (= 32 inches)! So, how does he do it?

Did you see JR Smith's Alley Oop-Dunk against the Wizards last week? The 6'6'' Denver Nugget went so high, his head was almost at the rim level! What about his dunk on Dikembe Mutombo or Jason Maxiell? By now these are youtube-classics.Since his appearance in the 2005 NBA Slam Dunk Contest everybody knows JR got hops. Then he finished third behind Amare Stoudemire and the winner Josh Smith. JR Smith aka The Prodigy impressed the crowd with a sick "behind-the-back" dunk, that no one has ever done in the history of the dunk contest. In case you ask yourself: JR Smith has a 44-inch vertical leap! You may think now: Well, that's great for him, but what can I do to dunk a basketball? How can I increase my vertical leap?