Quick and Proper Warm-Up for At-Home Workouts
With all of the in-home workouts being shared around the internet, it is important to perform a proper warm-up before jumping right into your workout. Doing so will raise your [...]
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 [...]
Why D1 Football Players Are Training With the Triple Jump
Of all the athletic marvels the human body's capable of, a world-class Triple Jump might be the most mind-boggling. An Olympic event since 1896, the Triple Jump sees athletes utilize [...]
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 [...]
How Often Should Athletes Do Jump Training? And How Many Reps Should They Do?
This piece is the final installment of a series on plyometric and jump training. Direct links to the previous pieces: 1, 2, 3, 4. We've covered a lot of ground [...]
This Training Technique Will Lift Your Depth Jumps to the Next Level
The standard Depth Jump has been a staple in just about every elite coach's program for decades now. The move involves stepping off an elevated surface (usually a box), landing [...]
Step-By Step: Proper Kettle Bell Swing
Kettlebell Swings were once exclusively performed by athletes in the Soviet Union. Now you'd be hard pressed to walk through a gym and not see at least one person doing [...]
How Assisted Jumps Make You a Better Athlete (and Why You Don’t Need Bands to Perform Them)
Vertical jump training can be confusing. Type into Google "how to increase vertical jump," and you'll find thousands of opinions. Some say you need to squat twice your body weight, [...]
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 [...]
