VERTICAL JUMP

[zephyr]

Jacob is one of those guys that I have targeted to be a sleeper player for us. He has the frame to put on some nice size and while he's not going to overtake L.G. for his spot, he's a guy that has some serious upside and athleticism at the TE spot to potentially be another weapon. He's had two good spring periods in a row and is getting bigger. I was joking with JohnBoy about Larry Pettis and telling him that he needs to make sure he comes in and works his butt off because he's not just going to take Maxwell's spot and it should be interesting as to who gets the nod when Green is gone.

[Boomer]

_ Maxwell is one heck of an athlete...

The Supplements are a necessity...

And last but not least, the Staff's engagement and detailed focus on specific needs for specific players as far as diet and conditioning will make a monumental difference IMO...

But I have a question, why do we care what someone's vertical jump is?

I think football coaches should measure TOUCH(highest point a player can TOUCH when jumping) and subtract HEIGHT from it, and call it LEAP, what's your LEAP?

After all, in a game, we care how high his hands can reach to tip passes or catch them. Also, due to a difference in arm lengths of players, their natural build may give them a few additional inches that matter...and are not measured in vertical jump...

While I am on the dead horse kicking parade, let's move on to BROAD JUMP.

What rocket scientist came up with this system? Do you realize that they ask a player to stand with their TOE on a line and jump, then they measure from the line where their TOE was to the place where their HEEL landed?

Anyone can plainly see that they need to measure to where their TOE landed if that's what was on the line they are measuring from... The way they do it penalizes kids with big feet... A kid with a 2" shorter foot can jump the exact same TOE to TOE distance, and get 2" added on to his effort becuase his HEEL is 2" closer to his TOE than the big footed guy :-) _

Yes but the toe is the last place to touch the ground as you jump and the heel is the first place to land---ergo you are measuring the toe when leaving and the heel when arriving---foot size doesn't matter!!!! And just think that the larger foot needs more of a distance to go!!!!! VERY INTERESTING!!!!