stevo21 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 As a new member to these forums I was reading in one of the posts that if an 170cm and a 190cm both had a jumping reach of 17. Would they both be able to jump the same height? It seems illogical as the difference in height is 20cm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughthom Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 It's true. In the example above it simply means the shorter player has a very good leap, and the taller player a poor one, so they reach about the same height. It should be a very rare situation though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hook Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Nothing illogical about it: a 5'10" basketball player with a 30 inch vertical leap jumps as high as a 6'8" player with a 20 inch vertical leap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusander Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yes it is true but the player's height is directly affecting the maximum jumping reach the player can have. While in theory (I believe) it's possible to have a 170cm player with 17 jumping reach it's extremely unlikely. The taller the player is the better jumping reach they can potentially get. Jumping reach is not the same thing as jumping power and if there was such an attribute as jumping power then in your example that 170cm guy would have a way higher jumping power than the taller guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo21 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Cheers for the advice although I still prefer the taller central defenders with a high attribute of strength(as well as a few other attributes) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evertonmarc Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Used to have this thread come up all the time when Tim Cahill was at Everton. You'd always see him out-jumping taller players and winning headers - people would then complain as his jumping reach was only about 10. He did have amazing off the ball, anticipation and bravery (and 18+ in heading) which helped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Cahill's ability has always been more about getting into the right position & timing his jump to perfection. More often than not he'd lose a 1v1 standing jump against a taller player, it's just that he rarely allowed himself to get caught in such a challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evertonmarc Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Cahill's ability has always been more about getting into the right position & timing his jump to perfection. More often than not he'd lose a 1v1 standing jump against a taller player, it's just that he rarely allowed himself to get caught in such a challenge. Indeed! More of a "don't understand the game mechanics" i think for most people Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 tbf he was that good at it in his pomp that I'm not sure the ME ever had a chance of nailing his ability unless he was overrated in jumping reach or just jumping as it was back then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I always remember Les Ferdinand being such an impressive jumper that for years I believed he was well over 6 foot tall, yet iirc he was 5'11". He would definitely be a 25 for jumping reach! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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