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Is There Really Such A Thing As Hang Time?

By: Jayden Shemayah

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We have all heard of "Hang Time", but is it valid? In one word, "no" - scientific facts will back this up. Some people will maintain that this can't be - exclaiming how they have seen one player or another hang in the air longer than another. The fact is that no matter what it may look like, no player can float in the air longer than any other..

Here's the information of what is happening when a basketball player jumps (or any other game where jumping is involved).

As he is coming down the court and jumps, scientific laws start to pertain. The laws assert that the primary action causes another action that is identical in force but in the reverse direction. What this means in layman's terms is that the player pushes against the floor and the floor exerts a force back. This action/reaction makes the player to leave the floor. If the player exerts a larger amount of force on the floor, the floor exerts a larger amount of force back. This causes the player to go higher in the air.

This action is compounded when a player is running at the same time as he is jumping. His center of gravity will go along a parabolic route during this process. A persons "center of mass" is situated near their midsection. This means that, if the person were to continue in just the same position for the duration of the complete jumping act, his/her midsection (and therefore, complete body) would go along this route. Usually though, a player does not stay in the same position. He will bend and twist.

One thing that players frequently do is raise one (or both knees) while he is jumping.. He does that on his way up. As he comes back down then, he puts his legs back down. This makes his center of gravity lower. This in effect raises his head in relation to the center of mass. The head does not follow the parabolic path. The head stays at one height.

If you can visualize it then, the head follows a smooth course up and down whereas the person's center of mass does not.

In essence, the player's head is the key to why we believe in hang time.

While we look at each other, we don't frequently look at the person's "center of mass". We frequently concentrate on a person's head (or at least the upper part of the complete body) . What happens at that second is a bit of an "illusion", but it actually is happening. The person's center of mass is changing and this causes his head to stay in the same location for a longer time.

If one person can't hang in the air longer than another, what is the solution? The only choice remaining is that he can JUMP HIGHER! If you can't increase your hang time then, you have to learn to jump higher! How can you do this? Like most things it is best to have a "program" to help you.

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