The Vertical Jump Obsession in Basketball Spreading Faster Than You Can Possib

[Shawn Chow]

Basketball is a great sport. Now I know you don't need to be an
American to make this statement. Why do I say this? Well, it is
because of the experience I had last year when I traveled to a Remote
village in one central African country called Cameroon.
I've always wanted to go to Africa, so I made this childhood dream a
reality last year. My choice of this African country was due to the
fact that I wanted to be away from basketball for a while. And knowing
that Cameroon is a big football nation, I thought basketball would be
pretty dead there. So I won't have to think about vertical jumps for a
while. But I was completely wrong.
After spending 5 days just relaxing and shuttling between my hotel
room, nightclubs and parks, I was a bit bored so I decided to ask the
hotel receptionist if there was any gymnasium where basketball was
played. I explained to her that I would like to check on my vertical
jump status. I was asking out of frustration because I knew there
won't be any basketball court. I did not even think she would know
what a vertical jump is. To my surprise she said there were actually 5
places where I could play basketball just around that neighborhood
So I decided to go check them out and see for myself. You would not
imagine the quality of play these guys had there. The teams were so
professional that I wonder why Cameroon is so unknown in basketball.
After watching for a while, I decided to play with them. The fact that
I came from America did not help me at all. Everybody was on me. Why
not? After all America is considered the best in basketball, and every
American should be able to play. Sounds funny, eh?
We had a short vertical jump contest after the training, and I bet you
I was defeated hands down by this local unknown guy who is not even
playing professional basketball!! They even had a vertical jump club
in their gym. I console myself by saying that maybe it's because of
the 5 days relaxing when I did not touch a ball. But deep in my heart
I knew something was wrong here.
The vertical jump obsession is real, and it is spreading fast round
the world. Especially in basketball.

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