V.T.'s Dunking Experiment: Day One

It's not really original, but Vanilla Thunder is going to try an experiment. After reading about this 33 year-old, 5'8'' surfer dude learning to dunk for the first time in his life, V.T. got inspired. He once dunked in high school. Once, in a scrimmage his junior year against Bishop Kelley high school in Tulsa. Then he got tendinitis and currently weighs about 30 pounds more than he weighed back then. But if this guy can dunk with his 21'' vertical leap, V.T. thinks he can, too.

For the next few months, V.T. is going to chronicle his attempts to dunk a basketball. Keep in mind, he's a six-foot, 206 pound 34 year-old with marginal athletic skills. But he is fanatical about his basketball and there is nothing more satisfying in the game than dunking.

Day One:
V.T. encounters an article about dunking while procrastinating on his grading. He decides that he can do it. He will give himself one year to complete the task of dunking a basketball. He prints the article, weighs down a backpack and jogs 2 miles to the gym. 10 minutes spent jumping rope and 10 minutes spent jumping as high as he can. He is tired. His knees feel 30 years older than he does. This is the end of day one. V.T. is skeptical that he will ever dunk a basketball again. But he will go on. He must go on.