Vertical Leap Trainers
There have been few sports trainers along the years that have decided to fully dedicate themselves to training for vertical leap. Paving the way for vertical leap trainers was Gil ‘Rise’ Thomas which through much hard work ended up with a recorded 44″ standing vertical leap! He went on to help successfully trained Reggie Thompson, which is now claimed to have a 56″ vert!
You used to be able to sign up and have Gil come visit for the day. He’d set you on the right path, help you with some exercise routines, nutrition and get yourself on a customized training program. At $400, this was the ultimate when it came to vert training.
Since Air Alerts release over 10 years ago, a number of vertical leap programs have popped up. An incredible amount actually. The advantage of these being normally the cost is reduced and you can begin training with them straight away.
Current big names in vertical leap training:
Luke Lowrey
Creator of Vertical Project
Vert 41″, played in Australia’s top basketball league
While playing for professional basketball for the Titans, Luke Lowrey developed his vertical leap to an outstanding 41 inches. Unfortunetly injury shot him down and has prevented him reaching his goal of 50 inches. He has since gone on to personally help top professionals jump higher through his advanced vertical leap training. On top of this he bought out his own program, The Vertical Project and recently ran a training session for athletes over the telephone. If anyone here took part in this, we’d love to hear about it!
Kelly Bagget
Creator of Vertical Bible
Vert 42″, certified trainer specializing in athletic performance
Mark Sias
Creator of Bionic Plyometrics
Vert 37″, professional trainer, specializes martial arts and plyometrics
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so who do u think is the best?
Who has the best program?
Reviews of the programs can be found at http://vertcoach.com/program-reviews.html
also add your testimonials if you’ve done any of them
I think The Vertical Jump Bible is by far the best.
does gill still offer that?
Hmm I havn’t heard of anyone doing it lately, but possibly. You can most likely get in contact with him through jumpusa. Keep us posted if you go ahead with it!
Kelly and Mark are the best… I’ve contacted Kelly last week by e-mail, and he replied my mail in a day, with answers to all my questions. He knows his stuff!
Luke is in my opinion a person who is overestimate himself. He’s really advertising himself and his program. If his program was really that good, he doesn’t need that advertisement, cause people will come to him.
And he is always claiming that he has real NBA, NCAA pros as clients, but he never mentions a name… As if this program is a “secret”. Bullshit, if the pros have good results with the program, is there sometning to shame about?? NO!… So why doesn’t he mention any names?? I don’t believe him!
Having a 50″ is not healthy! It rips off the muscles from your bones and it really hurts. A friend has a 46″ vert and uses his max vert only one or two times a game!
40″ is good enough, I think…
gil thomas is the best slam dunk trainer, he has been on local t.v. in los angeles , cbs world news , outside magazine and several radio shows.he has worked with my son.my son vertical improve 12inches…his cousin mario thomas is perhaps the best leaper i have seen in my life..