What’s up guys? Today is a good question from Abram, Abram says, <br />“Hey Jacob! Thanks for all the videos! I have a couple of questions though. Why is it that I can jump a lot higher without a basketball than with one? I used to jump pretty high when I was in high school a few years ago and I even had trouble dunking the ball then as well. Also, do you have an alternative exercise to heavy squat jumps? I'll try doing them but one of my shoulders is slightly higher than the other so it hurts a bit to squat using a barbell. Or maybe I just do not know proper form. <br />Thanks again for all your help!” <br />OK, let’s attack this one first. The first one is a great question and I think I have a good solution for you. Why do you jump higher without a basketball? Well first of all you have your approach. When you are dribbling a basketball, when you have a basketball in your hand, you are going to approach slower. Because you can’t swing your arms, you have this basketball in your h