Improve Your Vertical With This One-Week Jump Training Plan
The vertical jump is an important test in many sports. First, it has direct application to what happens in many sports. Jumping up for a rebound,...
Maximize Your Vertical Jump
All athletes want to be as athletic as they possibly can to outmatch their opponents and also be able to take their athletic careers as far as possible. In many [...]
Why Horizontal Leadership Is Just As Important As Vertical Leadership
Ask any coach before a season begins about what their team needs to be successful in the upcoming season and you will get a consistent list of answers. Commitment, hard [...]
3 Ways to Increase Your Vertical Jump During Basketball Season
Basketball season is in full swing and I’m getting questions from athletes, coaches and parents about improving vertical jump. This is an especially frustrating question for me because it’s something [...]
Why Your Big Vertical Jump Isn’t Showing Up During Games
Being able to jump higher is an offseason goal for many athletes. Who wouldn’t want to have the bounce to throw down a thunderous dunk or to score that crucial [...]
The Simple Hack That Instantly Increases Your Vertical Jump
Impressive leaping ability is one of the most desirable traits in athletics. From dunking a basketball to winning headers on the soccer pitch, the ability to jump high shows up [...]
Why the Incredible Benefits of Jump Training Go Far Beyond a Higher Vertical
This article is Part 1 in a four-part series on programming and progressing jump training for field sport athletes Jump training is one of the most popular methods field sport [...]
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 [...]
New Study Shows You May Not Need Olympic Lifts to Increase Your Vertical Jump
Dunking a basketball, catching a football over a defender, elevating to spike a volleyball are all athletic movements where a big vertical jump is a huge advantage. If you are [...]
4 Vertical Jump Training Mistakes
Sports are decided by a split-second or a couple inches and what separates elite athletes from the rest of the pack is their explosiveness....