Box Jump
Hack Your Biology and Increase Your Vertical Jump With the Depth Drop to Box Jump
The best way to improve your vertical jump is by doing plyometric training. This type of training includes ballistic hops, skips and jumps that enhance the stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) in [...]
4 Advanced Jump Exercises Used By Explosive Athletes
In sports like basketball, soccer or hockey, acceleration and change-of-direction speed require more than just being big and strong. Lifting weights alone won't maximize your performance on the field, court [...]
5 Rules for Running a Successful High School Strength and Conditioning Program
There are over 35,000 high schools across America. Most feature some sort of strength and conditioning program meant to enhance the performance of their student-athletes. These programs seem great, as [...]
This ‘Tailpipe’ Finisher Trains You to Breathe Better While Building Lower-Body Strength
Leg day is the most skipped workout of all the muscle groups, yet it is the most important! When you train your legs properly, your overall strength will increase and [...]
The 5 Keys to Jumping Higher
1. Get Stronger It's not sexy, but the single biggest contributor to a high vertical jump is strength. Strength, which can also be called force, is the...
How to Improve Your Basketball Explosiveness in the Weight Room
Basketball season is right around the corner and will be here before you know it. Summer ball at all levels is wrapping up and teams are starting to...
Create Your Own Training Program With This Simple Template
As an athlete you want your strength and conditioning program to give you results. With the Youtube generation of athletes among us, our athletes tend...
Improve Your Explosiveness With a Plyo Warm-Up
Plyometrics are movements that involve large amounts of eccentric force with the goal of increasing speed/power in the form of shorter faster concentric...
3 Drills That Improve Agility and Quickness
For youth athletes, deceleration exercises are extremely important. First, they teach the athlete how to properly absorb the forces that the body...
4 Ways to Use Box Jumps to Increase Your Explosiveness
Coaches want explosive athletes and box jumps are a great way to train this quality. Explosiveness is usually measured with either the vertical jump or...