G-man wrote:
I am 6 feet even. Flatfooted I can reach 8 feet. When I was younger I could jump up and get my fingers over the rim. I could dunk a tennis ball but couldn't control a volleyball or basketball. That means I had a modest 26-28 inch vertical jump. Mostly a slow twitch distance guy.
Now at 70 something. I have about a 4-5 inch vertical. So I can barely hit the net on a good day. When I was young grad student we used to do measurements on PE kids. Not many but I did see a couple guys with 40 plus inch verticals. Those guys jumped like kangaroos. Average vertical jump among just folks is prolly 18-24 inches. As you age the number goes way down.
If your husband is under 30 he doesn't have a real good vertical, but if he worked at it I bet he could dunk. If he is an old fut, maybe not.
One of the best quotes I ever heard was someone asked Charles Barkley if he could still dunk. He answered " Hell no and Michael Jordan can't either". Don't know if it is all true but that is what Charles answered.
I'm 6 1 I could do a tennis ball but never a basketball or volleyball either. I think I would need an extra 6 inches to do that. I have relatively small hands too.
I'd say it is pretty hard to dunk if you are less than six and a half feet.
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