Comments on: Lions Basketball: Making 3′s And News http://www.multnomah.edu/blog/2009/02/25/lions-basketball-making-3s-and-news/ The Official Multnomah University Blog Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Multnomah University Blog » Blog Archive » MU Lions Second at 2009 Pacific Christian Athletic Tournament http://www.multnomah.edu/blog/2009/02/25/lions-basketball-making-3s-and-news/#comment-227 Multnomah University Blog » Blog Archive » MU Lions Second at 2009 Pacific Christian Athletic Tournament Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:20:51 +0000 http://blogs.multnomah.edu/University/?p=420#comment-227 [...] men’s basketball team has made us proud this season, but now we are just downright impressed. Coach Bickley’s high flying tactics have already created quite a bit of a buzz nationally. This last weekend in the 2009 Pacific [...]

]]> By: Jump Higher http://www.multnomah.edu/blog/2009/02/25/lions-basketball-making-3s-and-news/#comment-226 Jump Higher Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:52:58 +0000 http://blogs.multnomah.edu/University/?p=420#comment-226 3 pointers are incredibly useful in basketball, talent-wise.

Physically, the vertical jump is the single most important trait. Eppley indicated that vertical jump had the highest correlation with athletic performance.

Richard W. White of the Health and Exercise Science Department at the Gustavus Adolphus College concluded in a study of the relationship of relative vertical jump power with athletic performance that higher vertical jump predicted better performance in athletic contests.

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