Shaolin Frog Hops for an amazing vertical

[Black Knight]

I read about this training method and its results from the book American Shaolin by Matthew Polly.The book tells the tale of Mr Polly's time living and training in China at the Shaolin temple.It is one of the funniest as well as educational books ive ever read and i highly reccomend it.So at one point in the book the monks take Mr Polly in the back where they have a basketball hoop set up.Yes you heard right the monks were popping jumpshots in the back due to some american missonaries setting it up for them.Now the author is considerbly taller then all the monks but when challenged to a dunking contest he gets his butt whooped.

He said that the monks were flying all over the place!When he asked how they were able to jump that high one of the monks pointed at the stairs.He said that the frog hops they did gave them there tremendous leaping ability.For more details pick up that book,it will probably be one of the morst entertaining books you will ever read.

[overweightmale]

Sounds like an interesting book. Any details on their training?

[Andy62]

During the recent Olympics in China there was a special report from the Shaolin Temple itself. In that report the present head of the Shaolin Temple was interviewed and he demonstrated the types of exercises that the Shaolin Temple Monks used. The head of The Shaolin Temple called the exercises "moving meditation" - they are DVR/VRT exercises.

[Greg Newton]

Frog Hops hmmmmm. There is a loading dock out back of my classroom with steps. Dark Knight, my firefighting class is going to hate you next quarter.:act-up:

[gruntbrain]

I dislike jumping squats but this thread is a reminder to torture myself again

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