How To Jump Higher
A complete guide on how to easily improve your vertical jump and learn how to dunk!
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HOW TO JUMP HIGHER
An impressive vertical jump is one of the best attributes an athlete can possess.
A big jump shows raw power, demands attention, increases the potential of an athlete, and can even strike fear in to the opposition.
One of the most impressive athletic feats in the slam dunk. For most regular sized people, dunking is a distant dream. However, with an increased vertical jump, dunking a ball is achievable for most people.
Regardless of your reason for wanting to jump higher, this book will be able to help.
You will soon learn the fundamentals of jumping higher, and discover what training is required to meet your potential.
This book explains what types of training you must do to improve your jump, and provides a range of exercises.
Many of the exercises are suitable for beginners, and you can get started on them right away.
If you follow the tips and techniques in this book, you will be jumping noticeably higher within a few short weeks!
Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...
- The perks of jumping higher
- The science behind jumping
- The key muscles used in jumping
- Exercises for improving vertical jump
- How to improve your jump technique
- Much, much more!
Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue) is an award-winning screenwriter, director and author. His first book, a non-fiction work telling the true story of New Zealand’s worst miscarriage of justice, In Dark Places, won Best Non-Fiction Book at the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards. Michael's second book, Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas, is a time-travel graphic novel co-authored with Ant Sang.
Better the Blood, the first Hana Westerman thriller, was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction/Ockham New Zealand Book Award, as well as for the Audio Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards and Best First Mystery Novel at the Barry Awards. It was also longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Debut Dagger and was a finalist for Best Novel at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards, where it won the award for Best First Novel. Return to Blood, the second novel in the acclaimed series, won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel in 2025.
Michael's short and feature films have won awards internationally and have screened at numerous festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, Locarno, New York, London and Melbourne. Michael is the 2020 recipient of the Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award, in recognition of members of the Māori filmmaking community who have made high-level contributions to screen storytelling.
He lives in Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand), with his partner Jane, and children Tīhema, Māhina and Matariki.
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