Sports Videos

Here is a video of a 40″ (102 cm) vertical jump by Frank Yang in January 2007. It looks very impressive, and hard to imagine other athletes getting up around 50 inches, which some records show.

This video is from July 2007, and shows the vertical jump assessment at the Section1Recruiting, Inc Player Evaluation Day.

An example of a vertical Jump fitness test using a Vertec®-type apparatus. This is an instruction video with a brief description of how to conduct the test.

Here is a video of a vertical jump using the Vertec®-type apparatus, with a three-step run-up approach. Using such a run-up technique is only relevant for specific sports that require a similar jumping action like volleyball and basketball.