Vertical Jump Space Problems:
- “The concept of a plyometric-based program is risky.” “You’re not addressing structure very well at all.”
- “Training way too much.”
- Isolation ideas: “Just get your squat up mindset.”
Jump Science’s Principles
- Specificity: “Whatever you’re trying to get good at, you have to have a background of doing it.”
- General Strength Training. “Squatting.. applies across the board to a lot of things, it enhances a lot of different abilities.”
- Being thorough with your structure.
- Management of strength and speed (athleticism).
Sprinting to jump higher: “It’s not high knee stress.”
Cross country and sprint athletes: Athleticism could come from submaximal running. “All those foot contacts on the ground develop elasticity in the lower leg.”
Two-leg vs. One-leg jumpers: “It’s probably more of a difference between the individual athletes than it is the specific activity.”
Low rim dunking: “Practicing the skill of dunking would make it superior to just trying to jump up and touch the rim.”
Sprinting Faster versus Jumping Higher: “To maximize speed versus maximize jumping ability, it’s further away from strength.” “Sprinting is more sensitive to fatigue.”
Jumper’s Knee: “You need volume to develop structure.” “Doing 6 sets of 2 squats does not build up structure very well.”
Ankles: “It’s not really about developing strength… we really need to have control of your foot and have your reflexes be sharp.”
Hamstrings: “When you overdo front side mechanics, you’re basically just creating a situation that’s made to injure the hamstring.” “Just the hip hinge is like 90% of the battle in terms of hamstring strength to prevent injury.”
3 things to jump higher and stay healthy:
- You’ve been training too much for too long. Rest.
- Less lifting. Maybe you need to just be an athlete for awhile.
- I think a lot of people under eat and they don’t really give them self a chance to adapt to their training.”
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