Am I on the right way to increasing vertical?

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Am I on the right way to increasing vertical?

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Hi, I have been playing basketball since I was grade 5 but playing the sport was just a hobby back then, now I want to take game to another level by starting with increasing vertical jump.

legs doesn't seem proportional to body for a reason I don't know. But even with thin legs, thighs are hard except near the upper body and the muscles near and in butt are hard.

Before last week I can barely touch the board at school's court even with basketball shoes. But after almost 1 week of squatting 20x a day, I can now touch 1.5 inches of the boars even with leather shoes.

question is, what more exercises can I add to increase the results of workout?

BTW, the squats I did was with a 40lbs barbel on back, and current weight, vertical, and fat% are as follows 77kg, 19.5", 20.5%

Edit: the only materials that I have here at home are dumbells and an e-curl bar.
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I'd avoid squats every day as you could burn them out and you might create a significant discrepancy between the quads and hamstrings affectng how you walk.

You'd be better of balancing the workload with 3 sessions of squats a week every other day, add in 3 sessions of lunges as well, then build the rest of the workout around those things.

When you say you have dumbells, how many and what sort of weight are they?
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The plates that are available here at home are 4 10lbs 1 20lbs and 1 5lbs and 2 dumbells
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Thne you could try this.

Squats, 2 sets 10 reps.

Lunges, 2 sets 10 reps.

Good mornings, 2 sets 10 reps.

Bench Press, 2 sets 10 reps.

Bent over Rows, 2 sets 10 reps.

Shrugs, 2 sets 10 reps.

Planks 30-45 seconds.

You use the larger dumbells for shrugs and use the self assembley barbells for the other sutf.

The rouitne works for 3 days a week, every other day.

If you haven't got a bench, the only way to possibly do bench pressing is to use a thick folded towel on the back to elevate your back and shoulder blades away from the floor to try and prevent or reduce any negative impact on the technique.
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