Standing Reach vs Wingspan In Basketball
Friday, March 12th, 2010Which is more important in basketball: your standing reach or wingspan?
This is a tough question, and I say that they are both EQUALLY important.
If you’re looking at what’s better for blocking shots and dunking, your standing reach is more important.
If you’re looking at what’s better for deflecting passes, dribbling, steals, then your wingspan is more important.
In most cases, if your wingspan is large, your standing reach will be high too (unless you have a really long neck or humongous head lol).
You can’t control your wingspan or standing reach, but you can control your vertical leap.
You should always be working on increasing your vertical leap to give yourself an edge over those with larger wingspans.