how to jump higher

Can Genes Keep You From Learning How to Jump Higher?

August 22, 2011 Read the full article →

There are lots of people out there that struggle with obesity, depression and the lack of athletic ability. Most, if not all, of these people blame their genes for these difficult times. While genes can play a role in making our lives more difficult, personal trainers, coaches and other health specialist are learning that genes [...]

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Jump Higher: How the Central Nervous System Is Essential to Athletic Performance

August 15, 2011 Read the full article →

Central Nervous System is Key to Jumping Higher

Many people are going more in depth about their personal health and physical training. Athletes don’t always want to be told if they eat a certain way and do this particular workout, they will lose weight and be healthy. They know that plyometric exercises and drills are great for basketball training, but why are these [...]

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Train Like Spud Webb

July 28, 2011 Read the full article →

Spud Webb says all he did to jump higher was practice jumping. It worked for him. Shouldn’t it work for you? What’s your take? Comment below.

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Flexibility: The Key to a High Vertical Jump and Injury Prevention

July 20, 2011 Read the full article →

You Must be Flexible to Gain an Explosive Vertical Jump For most humans, our nature is to achieve our goals as fast as possible, even if it means skipping over essential steps to getting there. Some times we don’t think or know that the steps in between the starting point and the end goal are [...]

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Sports Training Should Be Part of Your Vertical Jump Training

June 14, 2011 Read the full article →

How Do I Jump Higher with Sports Training? When learning how to jump higher, you need to consider what sport it is that you want to learn the technique for. Are you a basketball player who wants to dunk easier, a volleyball player who wants to spike harder, or are you a weight lifter who [...]

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Learning How to Jump Higher Starts with Proper Form

June 14, 2011 Read the full article →

Weight training is done for many reasons; it can be used to lose weight, tone muscles and can even be a part of you training when learning how to jump higher. But lots of people get discouraged when they go to the gym because it looks like everyone in the gym knows exactly what they [...]

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Will Isolation Exercises Improve Your Vertical Jump?

June 1, 2011 Read the full article →

If you are looking for exercises to jump higher you will soon feel overwhelmed. There are literally hundreds of exercises to choose from, and only a limited amount of training time and energy. Choosing the most effective exercises to fit into your time is called “training economy.” You just can’t do it all. You have [...]

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Old Pool Dunk Dare Footage.

May 4, 2011 Read the full article →

This is an oldy but some people really like this little vid. Horrible quality though! Story is…I was rehabbing several years ago and several guys told me it was impossible to dunk the length of that pool. I told them I think I could. They swore it was impossible and tons of people had tried [...]

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4 Tricks To Save Your Legs

May 3, 2011 Read the full article →

Guest post by Joe Hashey, CSCS I often receive questions from athletes about how to recover from common sport injuries, such as ankle sprains, shin splints, and pain in the arches of the foot. After providing them with guidelines, I make sure to include prehabilitation movements to SAVE them from injuries in the first place. [...]

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42 Inch Vertical Leap – Progress Video

May 1, 2011 Read the full article →

So many of you know I’ve started training again. I was only showing dunks and jump vids in our coaching sessions because I wanted my first public vid to be back at my prime. But… I was convinced to leak this one. This rim is measured just at 10′ and I’m just a hair [...]

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