Plyometrics
The 5 Phases of a Proper Warm-Up
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE WARM-UP I’m sure many of you can vividly recall going through traditional calisthenics, or presport stretching routines prescribed by previous coaches and physical education teachers. [...]
Power Training for Baseball: It’s More Than Olympic Lifts
Baseball players need to be explosive and powerful to throw, hit, jump, run, and change directions. This is so important it has to consistently be addressed in a baseball player's [...]
The 10 Best Plyometric Exercises for Athletes
Plyometric training is a great way for athletes to build explosive power. Performing plyometrics one to three times a week can increase your vertical...
New Strength Training Methods to Boost Cross Country Performance
No longer is running for distance seen as a way to improve your 5K or 10K. Today, coaches and trainers use sprinting, speed, power, and explosive plyometric movements to boost [...]
How to Build a Plyo Workout for Beginners
Plyometrics are a way for athletes to express true power and speed, as well as prepare the body for the unknown on the field and court.
Jumping to New Performance Levels: Plyometric Training for Youth
Plyometrics is not just for skilled athletes at the elite level. Studies show that plyometric training has positive effects on a number of performance attributes in 10- to 13-year-old children. [...]
Rotational Plyometrics for Youth and High School Sports
Plyometric training, or more simply, jump training, has long been a staple of performance enhancement programs from youth to elite levels. With its focus on generating explosive force in the [...]
Progressing Plyometrics: The Building Block of Athleticism
A plyometric (plyo) exercise is any movement that incorporates the Stretch-Shortening Cycle (SSC) to increase power output. The SSC has three general phases: Eccentric (downward motion/force absorption) Amortization (short pause [...]
Plyometric Exercises for Runners
Picture yourself on the starting line of a race. You’re in the blocks. You pull back to create eccentric motion in the lower leg before firing forward to victory. Now [...]
5 Ways Athletes Do Plyometrics Wrong
If you’ve spent any amount of time training for a sport, you’ve undoubtedly heard the term plyometrics. You’ve probably even performed a few plyo workouts—which is good news, considering that [...]
