How to Get Closer to Dunking

Here's six ideas I came across:

• Increase your vertical leap by doing squats, calf raises, stair runs, and other leg exercises.
• Invest in a great pair of shoes - both for improved vertical and injury prevention.
• Practice jumping across the whole court. Then do an entire lap of jumping.
• Get used to the mechanics of handling the basketball, especially while lifting it above your head.
• Start by dunking an a lower-than-regulation hoop.
• Try dunking with a tennis ball, then a volleyball, and finally the regulation basketball.