No question its 40 inch vertical jump.
No question its 40 inch vertical jump.
The vert is by far a better measure of athleticism.
Harder to achieve? 4 minute mile.
Useful, fun, and respected? 40" vertical.
Take it from someone with a 40" vertical. Plus, the moment you dunk in front of someone, they automatically are impressed, but when you are running a mile it takes much more time to wow people and even then there is no reason you would be running a mile in everyday life.
sub-4 because you can't train for a 40" vertical.
Sophomore wrote:
Harder to achieve? 4 minute mile.
Useful, fun, and respected? 40" vertical.
Take it from someone with a 40" vertical. Plus, the moment you dunk in front of someone, they automatically are impressed, but when you are running a mile it takes much more time to wow people and even then there is no reason you would be running a mile in everyday life.
Sub 4, a boss in London or Singapore interviewing for a good job knows what a sub 4 mile is but 40 inches meaningless to them.
kdkdk wrote:
Yeah France wrote:a 40 inch vertical jump is meaningless as is a 60 inch vertical jump. It will never generate the same interest as the mile. It is like asking if it is more impressive for a 400lb woman to run 1 mile or a college runner to run sub 4.
You sound like someone who has never done a sport outside of distance running. The vertical jump is something that nearly every basketball or football player is interested in. Much more than they are interested in the mile. In fact, I hear multiple times every year about vertical jumps on ESPN. I never hear the average ESPN commentator mention a mile time. Let alone a mile in under 4 minutes.
Do those ESPN commentators talk about that before or after making unsubstantiated claims of our President being a white supremacist?
Jemele Black Panther Hill wrote:
kdkdk wrote:You sound like someone who has never done a sport outside of distance running. The vertical jump is something that nearly every basketball or football player is interested in. Much more than they are interested in the mile. In fact, I hear multiple times every year about vertical jumps on ESPN. I never hear the average ESPN commentator mention a mile time. Let alone a mile in under 4 minutes.
Do those ESPN commentators talk about that before or after making unsubstantiated claims of our President being a white supremacist?
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