POWER = SPEED * STRENGTH. Strength represents the muscular impact of a move. If you move very fast and have enough strength, power will increase, so dunk will increase.
STRENGTH
- The Limit Strength: the maximal strength that one can free-willingly apply. If I can make a proper squat with 100 kilos on my back, then my limit strength is 100 kg (f).
- The Absolute Strength: the maximal strength that one can create. Different from the free-willing strength.
- Relative Strength: that someone can generate with respect to his weight. E.g., the athlete A weighs 50 kg and makes squats with 100 kg. He has a relative strength greater than the athlete B who weighs 70 kilos and does squats with 100 kilos.
- The Start Strength: can be generated when one has to explode on the spot.
SPEED
- The Strength Application Rate: the time period necessary for reaching the maximal strength (speed). E.g., acceleration.
- The Reactive Strength: the muscle-tendon ability to store elastic energy after an eccentric period (called negative, or descending)., which energy ought to be optimally released unto the concentric period (called positive, or ascending). E.g, the way one jumps: he gets down, storing elastic energy in the descend phase and then jumps, thus benefiting from the reactive strength during the jump (in the ascending phase).
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