My Mission

GOALS:
My 2015 New Year's Resolution is to dunk for the first time IN OVER 15 YEARS. Based on initial measurements, I'll need to add about 6" to my running vertical jump to make this happen.

After hitting my 2015 goal of dunking again at age 38, I updated my goals for 2016:

1)  DUNK GOALS:

*** DUNK AT AGE 40 ***
(October 2016)

• Keep dunking at age 39, and into my 40's!
• Hit more types of dunks:
• Dribble dunk (i.e. a legal basketball dunk)
• Off-the-backboard
• Two-handed?
• Reverse dunk?

2)  WEIGHT GOALS:

• Starting from 236 lbs in January 2016, I want to lose at least 16 lbs (back to 220 lbs), with a stretch goal of 210 lbs.  This will also help my knees/body from feeling sore every time I wake up the next morning after some dunk practice.

3)  VERTICAL JUMP GOALS:

• Standing/No-Step Vertical Jump:  28" (getting half of my hand over the rim)
• Running/Max Vertical Jump:  34" (getting my full wrist over the rim)