How many inches is this jump? [Archive] - Message Board Basketball Forum

jongib369

10-10-2012, 06:41 PM

Deuce Bigalow

10-10-2012, 06:42 PM

not 4 feet off the ground, but an amazing 5 feet!

eliteballer

10-10-2012, 06:53 PM

Wilt was 7-1, and he says the bar is "almost" 7 feet high. It looks like half is body is above the the bar, which would make it around 40 inches. My completely unscientific analysis.

jongib369

10-10-2012, 06:53 PM

not 4 feet off the ground, but an amazing 5 feet!
I agree! And you can tell from the look on his face that he wasnt trying so max 6-7 feet vert

jongib369

10-10-2012, 06:54 PM

Wilt was 7-1, and he says the bar is "almost" 7 feet high. It looks like half is body is above the the bar, which would make it around 40 inches. My completely unscientific analysis.
Thats about what Im thinking since it would be in line with CavaliersFTW's measurment in his video

Faptastrophe

10-10-2012, 07:27 PM

It says he's 4 feet off the ground. That's 48 inches.

jongib369

10-10-2012, 07:30 PM

It says he's 4 feet off the ground. That's 48 inches.
Does it look like it could be 48 inches to you?

If it is infact 48 inches his "50 inch" vertical claim wasnt BS...Im guessing closer to 40. Wish someone could figure it out

CavaliersFTW

10-10-2012, 09:21 PM

We all know Wilt Chamberlain was an amazing athlete...arguably the most athletic the game has seen all around..but we also know he tended to.... exaggerate to say the least :oldlol:

Can anyone figure out ROUGHLY how many inches he is off the ground in this picture considering he's 7'1 and the bar is "about" 7 feet high? (Reason I said roughly

http://oi48.tinypic.com/2yo989g.jpg

He's actually not jumping, hes standing on his tiptoes mid-field - the perspective is deceiving. So you can't calculate how high he jumped in the pic but you can definitely tell by the person walking near him on the field that he's about 23 feet tall.

Faptastrophe

10-10-2012, 09:29 PM

He's actually not jumping, hes standing on his tiptoes mid-field - the perspective is deceiving. So you can't calculate how high he jumped in the pic but you can definitely tell by the person walking near him on the field that he's about 23 feet tall.
Stop ****ing with my brain. I actually believed you for a second.

daily

10-10-2012, 09:34 PM

He's actually not jumping, hes standing on his tiptoes mid-field - the perspective is deceiving. So you can't calculate how high he jumped in the pic but you can definitely tell by the person walking near him on the field that he's about 23 feet tall.
:roll: :roll: :roll:
you did so good until the end....:lol

plowking

10-10-2012, 09:50 PM

I'd say that is about a 32-34 inch jump based on the bad angle we are given.

jongib369

10-10-2012, 11:39 PM

He's actually not jumping, hes standing on his tiptoes mid-field - the perspective is deceiving. So you can't calculate how high he jumped in the pic but you can definitely tell by the person walking near him on the field that he's about 23 feet tall.
LMAO! Cant look at the pic the same now :applause:

http://oi46.tinypic.com/i1xseq.jpg

http://oi49.tinypic.com/2jaezgj.jpg

Overdrive

10-10-2012, 11:46 PM

Is this a photograph you took of the book or is it from the internet?

jongib369

10-10-2012, 11:52 PM

Is this a photograph you took of the book or is it from the internet?
It's a picture that I took from his book

Who's Running the Asylum? Inside the Insane World of Sports Today

Overdrive

10-10-2012, 11:53 PM

Can you take a staight picture of the page? I'll try to calculate it tomorrow.

jongib369

10-10-2012, 11:57 PM

Can you take a staight picture of the page? I'll try to calculate it tomorrow.
http://www.answersfrommen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wilt-1.jpg

Overdrive

10-11-2012, 12:03 AM

http://www.answersfrommen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wilt-1.jpg

Thanks, hope it works out. It sucks that the bottom end of the first pole isn't shown.

CavaliersFTW

10-11-2012, 12:24 AM

According to my scientific calculations, he approximately jumped 28-30 inches.

http://i.imm.io/HsJi.png
:lol quite a scientific diagram u got there, seen similar ones in Leonardo Davinci's notes - I like ur result too, Larry Bird had a 28 inch vertical that seems about right for Wilt, they both have very similar jumping ability

TyroneNBAFan

10-11-2012, 12:26 AM

Looks like 3.5 feet

Deuce Bigalow

10-11-2012, 12:30 AM

According to my scientific calculations, he approximately jumped 28-30 inches.

http://i.imm.io/HsLg.png

Deuce Bigalow

10-11-2012, 12:34 AM

:lol quite a scientific diagram u got there, seen similar ones in Leonardo Davinci's notes - I like ur result too, Larry Bird had a 28 inch vertical that seems about right for Wilt, they both have very similar jumping ability
Seems about right. Wilt was really long so his reach was obviously longer, and his hand can get up higher. But as far as vertical, it seems right. Wilt never had his head close to the rim, so anything above 40" is out of the question.

jongib369

10-11-2012, 12:41 AM

Seems about right. Wilt was really long so his reach was obviously longer, and his hand can get up higher. But as far as vertical, it seems right. Wilt never had his head close to the rim, so anything above 40" is out of the question.
To bad the hay at the bottom isn't straight because its right up on the other one...it'd give a better idea on where the other pole is on the ground.

Deuce Bigalow

10-11-2012, 12:44 AM

Looks like 3.5 feet
He cannot jump 42".

Wilt is 7'1", which is 85". A vertical of 42" would put the top of his head at 127" if he jumped with his max vertical.
The rim on the hoop is 10 feet, which is 120". With a 42" vertical, Wilt's head would be 7" above the rim. He head was never near the hoop, so it's out of the question.

A 35" vertical would make the top of his head at 120", which is 10 feet, the height of the rim. Now find me a video or picture of Wilt during a game with his head near the rim. 35" is not possible for him either, let alone anything 40+".

plowking

10-11-2012, 01:07 AM

If you measure it to scale on photoshop with tools, and take into consideration that Wilt is about 7'2, then the bar is approximately 6'10. Slightly less if Wilt is 7'1 or 7'0 and so forth.

CavaliersFTW

10-11-2012, 01:18 AM

He cannot jump 42".

Wilt is 7'1", which is 85". A vertical of 42" would put the top of his head at 127" if he jumped with his max vertical.
The rim on the hoop is 10 feet, which is 120". With a 42" vertical, Wilt's head would be 7" above the rim. He head was never near the hoop, so it's out of the question.

A 35" vertical would make the top of his head at 120", which is 10 feet, the height of the rim. Now find me a video or picture of Wilt during a game with his head near the rim. 35" is not possible for him either, let alone anything 40+".
like so?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhXzPvmCfVI

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Hc4gzo28Zcg/T0xwA-3OoVI/AAAAAAAADFI/fqlo_doBoOw/s800/k36j37.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Eo0N_efZIW4/UExnTJD9OYI/AAAAAAAADm4/1ixTnYx_Y4k/s800/Corbis-U1257039.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4Teje8_1As8/T0xwAxfoP7I/AAAAAAAADFY/ASpGRhx5mW8/s800/download.jpg

plowking

10-11-2012, 01:30 AM

Angles, good angles and bad angles. You only have one of those.

Deuce Bigalow

10-11-2012, 01:35 AM

A 35" vertical for Wilt would mean that his head would be EQUAL to the rim. Those pics have him short. So his vertical is surely below 35".

Deuce Bigalow

10-11-2012, 01:38 AM

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4Teje8_1As8/T0xwAxfoP7I/AAAAAAAADFY/ASpGRhx5mW8/s800/download.jpg
According to this angle, the defender ducking down is at 7 feet, DUCKING DOWN. So he's probably like 8 feet standing up. :lol
In reality, Wilt's head isn't near the rim.

CavaliersFTW

10-11-2012, 01:40 AM

According to this angle, the defender ducking down is at 7 feet, DUCKING DOWN. So he's probably like 8 feet standing up. :lol
In reality, Wilt's head isn't near the rim.
could be airborne - you can't see his feet

jongib369

10-11-2012, 01:52 AM

Why WOULD he jump as high as he can when he has so much length? Correct me if Im wrong but isnt it better to jump but also take advantage of your length and not jump as HIGH as you could so you can be on your feet again quicker? I've seen 2 videos of him go for a block, the guy he went to block passed it and then he lands and then quickly jumps again to block the otherguy ...if he jumped as high as he could he wouldn't of been able to do so...And then dunking...when your standing reach is roughly 9'6 (slightly more forgot the exact measurements)...Itd be SILLY of him to jump as high as he could IMO

Idk...just my rusty 2 cents

I'm white so getting up there and skying for a block isnt exactly my forte....

plowking

10-11-2012, 01:54 AM

Why WOULD he jump as high as he can when he has so much length? Correct me if Im wrong but isnt it better to jump but also take advantage of your length and not jump as HIGH as you could so you can be on your feet again quicker? I've seen 2 videos of him go for a block, the guy he went to block passed it and then he lands and then quickly jumps again to block the otherguy ...if he jumped as high as he could he wouldn't of been able to do so...And then dunking...when your standing reach is roughly 9'6 (slightly more forgot the exact measurements)...Itd be SILLY of him to jump as high as he could IMO

Idk...just my rusty 2 cents

I don't mind your posts, but this has to be one of the poorest attempts to cover up for your favorite player. :oldlol:

So now players aren't going to take advantage of their natural gifts? :oldlol:

Myth

10-11-2012, 02:01 AM

Looks like over half of his body is above the bar (especially considering the angle of the picture).

jongib369

10-11-2012, 02:11 AM

I don't mind your posts, but this has to be one of the poorest attempts to cover up for your favorite player. :oldlol:

So now players aren't going to take advantage of their natural gifts? :oldlol:
How so? Why would he jump as high as he possibly can when his standing reach is 9'6 on a dunk? when trying to block kareems skyhook he was jumping as high as he can (and others), so Im not saying "WILT HAS HIDDEN ABILITIES" *derps out

now idk if Russell was talking out of his ass but he said he could get his eyes level with the rim...he was an Olympic jumper so I COULD believe it...show me a picture of his head above the rim on a block or dunk...was he talking out of his ass or did he just not jump STRAIGHT up as high as he could...That reasoning is probably retarded but w/e lol

all Im saying is that in his peak he MIGHT not of had to jump as high as he could everytime....this is a BAD example but one of my friends who has really long arms and was in track was able to block the crap out of people but he rarely if ever jumped as high as I've seen him jump when he blocked

jongib369

10-11-2012, 02:21 AM

ILLsmak

10-11-2012, 02:22 AM

I'd say that is about a 32-34 inch jump based on the bad angle we are given.

Yeah 28 was the number that came to mind for me.

Wilt is funny. WAS I GOING UP OR COMING DOWN?? THINK ABOUT IT!

Possibly at most 36 inches.

-Smak

ILLsmak

10-11-2012, 02:24 AM

could be airborne - you can't see his feet

cmon son you know that dude isn't airborn. Nobody in the world can make that pose while they are in the air. Call it the flying duck...

-Smak

Pointguard

10-11-2012, 02:39 AM

If you measure it to scale on photoshop with tools, and take into consideration that Wilt is about 7'2, then the bar is approximately 6'10. Slightly less if Wilt is 7'1 or 7'0 and so forth.

This. And the pole is pretty much directly at his center of gravity as well.

Pointguard

10-11-2012, 02:50 AM

http://www.answersfrommen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wilt-1.jpg
Yall got it all wrong... Wilt is jumping high enough to look out the stadium to see if his other girl is coming.

He head was never near the hoop, so it's out of the question.

A 35" vertical would make the top of his head at 120", which is 10 feet, the height of the rim. Now find me a video or picture of Wilt during a game with his head near the rim. 35" is not possible for him either, let alone anything 40+".
Your mind pretty much puts a stop to endangering the head. First season Blake Griffin hits his head twice on the backboard. Second year, nomore of that ship, and his mind caught a flooping condition to boot.

Overdrive

10-11-2012, 10:28 AM

If the pole is 7" the vert would be around 38"(38,654 inches). Did the calculations - can post pic if wanted.

A 6'10" pole would still make the vert 37,68 inches.

btw errors occur, due to the big difference of the model(photograph) and mistakes in geometrical measurements at the 1/10 of a cm range. A error of up to 2 inches is possible but no likely. It's save to assume that depending on the pole the vert was between 36 and 39 is displayed here.

Colbertnation64

10-11-2012, 10:51 AM

http://i.imgur.com/RBcNj.png

jstern

10-11-2012, 11:24 AM

According to my scientific calculations, he approximately jumped 28-30 inches.

http://i.imm.io/HsLg.png

I don't know how legit the original photo is, but your drawing is wrong. The line is supposed to be parallel to the bar (I guess some where in between the bar and the floor), which would make it higher, and you're supposed to run it through the heal, not the toes.

pegasus

10-11-2012, 11:32 AM

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbh9icmqN01qhmmku.gif

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Why is no one talking about this? His perfect landing is even more impressive than his jump.

lol at the guy in the white t-shirt's reaction.

Money 23

10-11-2012, 11:33 AM

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Why is no one talking about this? His perfect landing is even more impressive than his jump.

lol at the guy in the white t-shirt's reaction.
:roll: :roll: :roll:

Asukal

10-11-2012, 12:03 PM

Anywhere from 30-40" is a possibility. But why do we care so much about Wilt's vertical anyway? He said it is 50". :confusedshrug:

jongib369

10-11-2012, 12:43 PM

jongib369

10-11-2012, 12:45 PM

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Why is no one talking about this? His perfect landing is even more impressive than his jump.

lol at the guy in the white t-shirt's reaction.
haha I know right! posted it just for shits and gigs cuz I happened to stumble upon it just before I made the post

if someone did that to me while playing dodge ball *I* would feel badass ffor getting knocked out from something so cool

swi7ch

10-11-2012, 12:48 PM

McGee could jump higher.

Overdrive

10-11-2012, 12:58 PM

thanks! posting the picture would be highly appreciated!

Some remarks first:

I calculated everything in cm, because I'm european and decimal system is easier to calc anyway.
I didn't know the length of the frontpole, but I could calculate it, because there are two "intersections" on each pole of the same hight. That's how I could draw the y-axis.
I had to find out Wilt's position in the x,y,z first, and then just take his hight relative to the levitation off the ground.
I projected the important points of the picture on a sheet, by putting it on the screen and marking them on it.
click to resize

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/18/wiltb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/a/img16/4167/wiltl.jpg)

CavaliersFTW

10-11-2012, 01:04 PM

Some remarks first:

I calculated everything in cm, because I'm european and decimal system is easier to calc anyway.
I didn't know the length of the frontpole, but I could calculate it, because there are two "intersections" on each pole of the same hight. That's how I could draw the y-axis.
I had to find out Wilt's position in the x,y,z first, and then just take his hight relative to the levitation off the ground.
I projected the important points of the picture on a sheet, by putting it on the screen and marking them on it.
click to resize

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/18/wiltb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/a/img16/4167/wiltl.jpg)
http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q527/topherHB/this-is-gonna-be-good.gif

jongib369

10-11-2012, 01:06 PM

Some remarks first:

I calculated everything in cm, because I'm european and decimal system is easier to calc anyway.
I didn't know the length of the frontpole, but I could calculate it, because there are two "intersections" on each pole of the same hight. That's how I could draw the y-axis.
I had to find out Wilt's position in the x,y,z first, and then just take his hight relative to the levitation off the ground.
I projected the important points of the picture on a sheet, by putting it on the screen and marking them on it.
click to resize

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/18/wiltb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/a/img16/4167/wiltl.jpg)

My reaction to see the sheet

http://gifsoup.com/view3/4126844/bad-notes-o.gif

Thanks! I didn't expect anyone to do that much. :bowdown: REP!!!!

Goes with this perfectly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EpVZS26BUs

jongib369

10-11-2012, 01:09 PM

http://gifsoup.com/view5/4184926/wilt-chamberlain-o.gif

Overdrive

10-11-2012, 01:17 PM

btw as said it's very dependant on the hight of the pole. In the top left is a calculation for a 6"10' pole.

and on a sidenote, this didn't take long, just about 10 minutes.

stax

10-11-2012, 02:02 PM

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Why is no one talking about this? His perfect landing is even more impressive than his jump.

lol at the guy in the white t-shirt's reaction.

This! Epic gif is epic. :applause:

jongib369

10-11-2012, 08:12 PM

This! Epic gif is epic. :applause:
epic gif IS epic!!!

Calabis

10-11-2012, 08:40 PM

LMAO at the guys on here, talking about his head was never above the rim in the game...why in the hell would he be exerting that much energy, when he doesn't have to. It amazes me what people say:

Head clearly above rim level

Doug Thomas, touching as high as he can (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbVJ1IvYkaI)

Doug Thomas in games (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W46viHgCFlU)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkGPAAl7hYw&feature=related

in games not so much:confusedshrug:

TheGreatBlaze

10-11-2012, 08:59 PM

Referring to the pictures on page 2, people don't normally jump as HIGH AS THEY CAN in the middle of an NBA game when going up for a finish, especially when they've been running up and down the court non-stop. I'd say Wilt could've definitely gotten his head above the rim if he tried.

DatAsh

10-11-2012, 09:36 PM

For some further analysis - somewhat in line with what Overdrive has provided us with - I posed this question on another board who has a few posters who I consider to be quite brilliant when it comes to matters such as this. I'll post his[lasoi] response to my question below. He gave two methods for calculating the vertical leap, that produced two very different results.

http://www.thetallestman.com/whoisthetallest/download/file.php?id=3358
And of course this would be the other way of calculating it, based on the information given in DatAsh's post. Both methods, of course, assume more than we would like for an an accurate measure.
http://www.thetallestman.com/whoisthetallest/download/file.php?id=3359

eliteballer

10-11-2012, 11:10 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EefJHAWigvY&t=6m00s

Shaq at maybe close to a 100 pounds heavier.

Overdrive

10-12-2012, 12:02 AM

For some further analysis - somewhat in line with what Overdrive has provided us with - I posed this question on another board who has a few posters who I consider to be quite brilliant when it comes to matters such as this. I'll post his[lasoi] response to my question below. He gave two methods for calculating the vertical leap, that produced two very different results.

The shadow was the first thing what I wanted to use. I actually thought it might be noon, but the shadows of the other people in the background where very irritating.

plowking

10-12-2012, 12:32 AM

For some further analysis - somewhat in line with what Overdrive has provided us with - I posed this question on another board who has a few posters who I consider to be quite brilliant when it comes to matters such as this. I'll post his[lasoi] response to my question below. He gave two methods for calculating the vertical leap, that produced two very different results.

I used the second method of looking from the shadow and taking into account that the bar was 6'10; which I drew from the fact I considered Wilt 7'1 in that picture. It is around 32-33 inches, just as I kind of estimated around.

RaininTwos

10-12-2012, 12:42 AM

:biggums:

Honestly if I invested enough time towards studying math and could be able to comprehend and do those calculations, I wouldn't use them for this.:oldlol:

julizaver

10-13-2012, 07:01 AM

I downloaded that picture of Wilt from internet several years (I think few years ago I posted it).
At first I was thinking that vertical is measured as the air between your lowest parts of the body (when jumping it is the toes usually) and the ground. But I understood that someones measured the vertical jump by just subtract the people highest vertical reach (flat footed) from their highest jumping reach ? which means that they measure the vertical as the distance between the ground and the heels. That brought some confusion because there is a difference between 6-7 inches (15 cm).
So when I examined the Wilt vertical ability in that picture I use the height of Wilt 7ft 1" (216 cm) as a measure and the shadow on the ground and with some lines I determined the place right under Wilt's body and measured the distance to his toes. And the results were:

- between 32" to 34 " (from ground to toe) and 38" to 40" if it is ground to heels.