duncan228
09-08-2010, 05:09 PM
Can special basketball shoes really make you jump higher? (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/chris_ballard/08/31/shoes/index.html)
Chris Ballard
SI.com
Imagine for a moment Steve Nash driving to the basket, doing that Nash thing where he slaloms through rows of defenders. But rather than shooting his little one-hand runner, instead picture Nash rising up and just yakking it on some poor dude, throwing down a mean one-hander.
Sound unlikely? OK, then how about picturing the 6-foot-3 Stephen Curry leaping to swat away shots at the rim or Brad Miller --he of the concrete feet -- soaring after rebounds. Or most frightening and awe-inspiring, Dwight Howard leaping a good half a foot higher on his jams.
All because of some shoes.
Not any shoes, mind you, but very expensive ones. Made by a company called Athletic Propulsion Labs, the new Concept 1's cost $300 and come embedded with a spring-like "Load n' Launch" gizmo in the forefoot that APL claims automatically increases an athlete's vertical leap by up to three-and-a-half inches, and in some cases much more. As proof, the company cites tests performed by two researchers boasting Ph.D.s in biomechanics.
Keep Reading... (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/chris_ballard/08/31/shoes/index.html)
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If these shoes work, the NBA has to ban them (http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/19786/if-these-shoes-work-the-nba-has-to-ban-them)
By Henry Abbott
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/19786/if-these-shoes-work-the-nba-has-to-ban-them
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Would you pay $300 for shoes if you could jump higher? (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/)
By Kurt Helin
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/
Chris Ballard
SI.com
Imagine for a moment Steve Nash driving to the basket, doing that Nash thing where he slaloms through rows of defenders. But rather than shooting his little one-hand runner, instead picture Nash rising up and just yakking it on some poor dude, throwing down a mean one-hander.
Sound unlikely? OK, then how about picturing the 6-foot-3 Stephen Curry leaping to swat away shots at the rim or Brad Miller --he of the concrete feet -- soaring after rebounds. Or most frightening and awe-inspiring, Dwight Howard leaping a good half a foot higher on his jams.
All because of some shoes.
Not any shoes, mind you, but very expensive ones. Made by a company called Athletic Propulsion Labs, the new Concept 1's cost $300 and come embedded with a spring-like "Load n' Launch" gizmo in the forefoot that APL claims automatically increases an athlete's vertical leap by up to three-and-a-half inches, and in some cases much more. As proof, the company cites tests performed by two researchers boasting Ph.D.s in biomechanics.
Keep Reading... (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/chris_ballard/08/31/shoes/index.html)
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If these shoes work, the NBA has to ban them (http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/19786/if-these-shoes-work-the-nba-has-to-ban-them)
By Henry Abbott
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/19786/if-these-shoes-work-the-nba-has-to-ban-them
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Would you pay $300 for shoes if you could jump higher? (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/)
By Kurt Helin
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/