Here’s one for the basketball players. A really good exercise that helps you grow taller is jumping! Several nerves are connected at the sole of your feet that are also connected to your thyroid and pituitary gland, which is responsible for releasing the hormones needed for your body to grow. Jumping allows for the production of electric current to flow through your body and to tell your brain “hey I wanna grow!” That’s why basketball players are very tall, they jump and reach out every day, they can’t help it but grow very very tall The jumping involved in playing basketball–as would jumping in any activity–triggers growth on the growth plate perhaps by increased blood flow to the growth plates (in the legs and spine) or some such result of the act of jumping. The act of jumping temporarily suspends the spine and legs in the air followed by a compression with the combined force of gravity and an individual’s body weight. The compression perhaps increases blood flow to the non-bone segments of your body impacted by the compression–namely, your growth plates. Increased blood flow to the growth plates may direct growth-related hormones specifically to the growth plates–where it is needed the most for height increase.