Here's a nice method for measuring your vertical jump height. First measure the height of the tip of your finger when reaching as high as possible without lifting your feet of the floor.

Example: 250 cm / 98.5 inch

Jump and try to touch the rim of the basket from straight under the basket. The basket is at

305 cm /120 inch.

So if you can just reach it your jump height is

305 - 250 = 55 cm
120 - 98.5 = 21.5 inch

If you can't touch the rim you can usually see how much you're short. Or how much your hand is above the rim when you can jump that high :).

Now try the vertical jump calculator to see if you can improve.

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