Longest Hangtime for NBA players?

[ForceOfNature]

K, i just got the math here lol

say sum guy has a hangtime of 1 sec, then his vertical must be 0.5*g*(0.5sec)square = 0.5*9.8*0.25=1.225metres. That is, 48.23''.

sumone here has a vertical over 48"?

Hahaha, great job - this guy knows what he's doing.

LOL that took me like 2 min

K, K, : i'll stop being the nerd here. how bout go have dinner 'n call my buddies come over to watch the bucks game tonite

Bucks game? No, my friend, that is nerdy. If it were a Suns game, that would be different.

[darabzarrabi]

james white!

[Loki]

I think they can get MJ's hangtime just by watching the play video and timing it.

Flailing legs won't hold up ur gravity center tho, which is the only thing that determins how long u can stay in the air.

Incorrect. I know that the center of gravity still follows the laws of parabolic motion, but tucking the legs in definitely extends the amount of time that none of your body is in contact with the floor, even if only for an extra fraction of a second -- how can it not?

Let's say you jump straight up in the air twice, once with legs fully extended straight down after the jump, and the second time bringing your knees to your chest and your legs upward. Which of these jumps will result in no part of you being in contact with the ground for the longest time? That's all I mean when I say that tucking the legs can increase hangtime. The center of gravity is unaffected, but hangtime definitely can be, though not to any large degree.

[Rockets(T-mac)]

Pretty cool video. I've heard about this show looks good. Damn being in the air for a second sure can look long from just stretching your body and tucking you legs.

[Cohnman15]

What about Nate Robinson? He must have a pretty long hangtime.

[Unreal Skill]

I believe what the video said...no one can have hangtime longer than a sec, no matter even if you have 50in vert.

[Loki]

I believe what the video said...no one can have hangtime longer than a sec, no matter even if you have 50in vert.

I'm not sure if you're just reiterating what the video said, but to be clear, the reason that no human can have hangtime > 1 second is because no human has a vertical significantly above 50", if that.

Hypothetically, if someone had a 75" vert, of course they'd be able to stay in the air longer than 1 second. The limitation is not on the amount of hangtime, but rather on the vertical leap which generates the hangtime in the first place.

[hateraid]

james white!

I'd concur. He has the vert and the lenght to pull it off. Could he possibly be in the air for a full second? That'd be insane.

[Aldridge Fan]

Julius Erving
Michael Jordan
Clyde Drexler

[gyu]

K, i just got the math here lol

say sum guy has a hangtime of 1 sec, then his vertical must be 0.5*g*(0.5sec)square = 0.5*9.8*0.25=1.225metres. That is, 48.23''.

sumone here has a vertical over 48"?

Mass also affects it too doesn't it?

[Loki]

Mass also affects it too doesn't it?

No. Ignoring air resistance, it doesn't. So perhaps wearing extremely baggy clothes would help. :)

Mind you, you will generally be able to impart more force to a lesser mass on the initial leap (thereby generating a higher vertical leap), but once you're in the air, the effect of gravity is the same whether you're 160 pounds or 260 pounds. In other words, two people, one 100 pounds heavier than the other, will remain in the air the same amount of time assuming they have an equal vertical leap.

[Unreal Skill]

There are people in the world with 50+ in. vertical leap...they did a vertical test on the street dunker Skywalker and he measured up 50in.

[Loki]

There are people in the world with 50+ in. vertical leap...they did a vertical test on the street dunker Skywalker and he measured up 50in.

No doubt there are some, but it's not significantly above 50". Say 54" at best. These are the people who have the full 1 second of hangtime.

[WhiteMosɘs]

Did they just show one dunk for Farmar from like 3 angles?

[Uchiha_Hai]

Youtube slow as ****