Can Your One-Rep Max Really Predict Your Jumping and Sprinting Ability?
"Just get stronger." These words are repeated over and over by many strength and conditioning coaches, leading athletes to believe strength is the ultimate key to enhancing athletic performance. And [...]
3 Common Box Jump Mistakes That Might Be Holding You Back
The Box Jump is a popular exercise for athletes of all ages. In recent years, a number of viral videos have shown athletes jumping onto absurdly high boxes, only increasing [...]
Odell Beckham Jr.’s Jump Shot Leaves Much to Be Desired
Odell Beckham Jr. is a football player, and a very good one at that. That is a very fortunate thing, because if one day, God forbid, Beckham's football skills suddenly [...]
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 [...]
The Secret to Jumping Higher Without Any Jump Training
Just about every athlete wants to be able to jump higher. Having the best vertical jump is a desire that’s engrained in athletes from a very young age. Not only [...]
How a Basketball Background Propelled Nick Foles to Super Bowl LII MVP
Heading into the biggest football game of his life, Nick Foles had one goal: Think like a point guard. “Going in this game, I sorta went back to when I [...]
Master the Stretch-Shortening Cycle to Sprint Faster and Jump Higher
When you hear the term “plyometric,” you might think of jumping or jump training. However, plyometric is defined as an action that causes a muscle to reach maximal force in [...]
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...
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....
Squat Jumps: Build Explosiveness With This Simple Lower-Body Exercise
Before discussing the benefits of jump squats, we need to explore what the benefits of Olympic lifting and athletic development. Olympic lifting is a...
