I noticed while surfing around on youtube that most people have no idea what a 50 inch vertical is supposed to look like. Most of the time it'll be; "Jordan definitely has a 50 vert", or "Spud Webb must have had at least 50!" or "Kadour Ziani has a 56 inch vertical!". I find this irritating because it really is simple math and these guys are usually way off. It's really simple... Take the guy's height, subtract that from the height of the rim, and you'll then have a good comparison point for saying if he's got a 50 or not. Jordan for example stood at 6'6'', which is 42 inches from the hoop. For his head to touch the hoop he must have needed to jump 42 inches high. From his dunk contests I have no doubt Michael could have done this if he'd tried, but getting his head 8 inches higher than that!? No way!
The guy in the picture above is called Alan Barch. He is 5'9" and what you see in that picture is a 54.5" vertical jump! It is the highest I have ever seen ANYONE jump. There are a few ironic things about this picture. First is that he is white. I don't really eat up all that "white men can't jump" stuff, but if you had asked me what race the highest jumper in the world is, I don't think I would have gone with white. The other ironic thing is that this guy doesn't really play basketball! He is a physical trainer who apparently has pretty much no interest in dunking! He is just interested in being the best athlete he can be.
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