Here is a simple 5 step process to measure your vertical jump correctly.
STEP 1
Stand next to a wall. If you’re right handed, your right shoulder should be next to the wall, and vice versa.
STEP 2
Stretch your arm and reach up as high as possible, marking the highest spot you can touch. This is called your standing reach. Use ink or chalk on your fingertips to mark the spot or just have someone put some tape on the wall marking off the highest point you can touch.
STEP 3
Without taking any steps, jump up and reach as high up the wall as you can, and mark off the second spot.
STEP 4
Keep jumping until you feel you have touched the highest point on the wall.
STEP 5
Subtract your standing reach from the height of the highest point you touched on the wall.
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