People always want to know how they can jump higher and while I believe jumping in a lot of cases is genetic, I know of 3 products that work and I’m proud to cover those with you today.

1. Jump Attack: Program by Tim Grover who trained Michael Jordan for years. Grover developed a program that has proven successful time and time again and has been on our best seller list for a long time. The plan can add 6 to 14 inches to your vertical leap in 12 weeks, and is based on exercise science and a unique sequence of explosiveness training. Many athletes have used the program and others continue to use it today. Many call it the Bible for increasing your jumping ability and maxing out your body’s potential.

2. Strength Shoes: I’ve talked about these a number of times and these shoes work if used. There are plenty of people out there who talk of how these shoes helped them personally and I’m one of them. These shoes helped me in a number of areas including speed and quickness. I love these and can’t speak highly enough about them. The key to making them work is to use them. It sounds funny, but when you mix these with hard work you will see results.

3. Jumpsoles: Jumpsoles work the same way Strength Shoes do but have some advantage and disadvantages when compared to the Strength Shoe. The Jumpsoles simply attach to the shoes you are currently wearing. They are less expensive so if you want to save 40 dollars you can. However, others like the Strength Shoes because they are solidly built and the sole and shoe are attached. They also like the fact that the shoe is built just for that purpose. I found it to be the preference of each person because both will get solid results if used.

I’ve included a few videos that you can see that may go into a little more detail on how the products can best be utilized.

STRENGTH SHOE VIDEO

JUMPSOLES VIDEO

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Normally I wouldn’t put who the product was by in the title but in this case the name Tim Grover brings incredible credibility.  He has the endorsement of Michael Jordan as a trainer and it doesn’t get better than that.  Michael Jordan had a long history of incredible health and conditioning despite being the most fiercely defended basketball player of all time and Grover played a large role in that.

With Jump Attack, Grover has compiled a proven program to assist in making athlets jump higher, get quicker and be more explosive.  This program has triggered workout/training companies throughout the world who use identical techniques.  Grover has worked with Pippen, Barkley, Olajuwon and AROD and now even has his own facility where athletes pay a great deal to work with the best.  That why I figure Jump Attack is a good buy and an excellent product to try.

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I wanted to devote a blog to one of my favorite products that is being sold on the market right now.  I love the strength shoe.  If you have read any of my articles on www.hoopskills.com you would find that I reference them a lot throughout as they played a huge role in the development of my speed and quickness. 

I had one of the original sets and in fact I still have them today.  They are old and worn down and the tread is absolutely useless at this stage in the game, but I can’t give them up.  Part of it is sentimentality and the other part is loyalty.  How could I throw away something that played such a large role in getting my schooling paid for?

When I was younger and they had just come out people would make fun of my shoes as I played regular games with them.  But when I could compete with players with those shoes on then they knew I’d do better when I took them off.  The most obvious effect for me was in my first step and in my ability to accelerate quickly.  People ask if it helped my jumping and I can’t say that it did, but for many others it has for sure helped their jumping ability. 

I would love to get some comments from other people who have tried them but let me leave with a story of mine.  They didn’t stay in the closet and they weren’t put away when other people were around.  I wore them.  I wore them when I was doing conditioning and I wore them while i practiced each day.  I did all my drills in them and I didn’t allow my results to decrease as a result.  I didn’t let the shoes become an excuse.  Was I a better ballplayer because I wore those shoes?  Yes, I believe I was.  But I can say that I was a better ballplayer because no matter what kind of shoes I was wearing I was playing and working to get better.  That’s what matters and if you get the shoes and work at it you’ll see the results like I did.  Again, i’d love to get some stories on how people have used the shoes or I’ll field questions on them as I get some questions that come in occasionally through the site.

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