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Are you as confused as I am by this video
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These are the easiest looking dunks that I've ever seen. It literally looks like he's not trying on these jumps
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But then, upon further inspection of his Instagram, it all made sense to me
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He is a 7 foot plus high jumper. Track and field athletes in the jumping events that also love to dunk are some of the most
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insane athletes on this planet. This guy right here, high jumper. This guy, also a high jumper
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This guy, elite triple jumper. And almost every single pro dunker that you can think of did or at least tried high jump
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for a little bit. Yidafui tried high jump. Kudurziani also tried high jump
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See, the thing is, track and field is a sport that has been around for over 100 years
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And it is a sport that is all about objectively running faster and jumping higher
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And we've had essentially the best training methods to do this around for decades
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Just look at this jumper. This jump literally happened 50 years ago
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He's high jumping 7'6 with a ized straddle technique. So if you're trying to jump higher, whether it's for basketball or football or to dunk, or if you are a track and field athlete, study the greats and specifically study their coaches and the training those coaches had them do