Average SVJ of D1 male and female athlete

[Daniel Town]

Rip, what's the average SVJ of a male and female D1 athlete. For males I believe you said it was 36in in a podcast?

[Mark Rippetoe]

I never said that, and I don't know.

[EdTice]

Rip, what's the average SVJ of a male and female D1 athlete. For males I believe you said it was 36in in a podcast?

I did some research on this at one point. In the NFL and NBA its 28 inches. Keep in mind that an NFL player has to move a lot more mass to get that 28 inches. Also if you look here ( Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health - Jay Hoffman - Google Books ), you will see that the 90% percentile for HS basketball players is 27 inches. That supports the statement that SVJ can't be trained very much.