How to Increase Your Vertical Leap
Almost each and every sport that exists, requires you to be able to jump straight up. This is because being able to out jump your opponent vertically can help you get to the ball faster and sooner than your opponents.
Given how some matches tend to go down to the wire, simply having this ability to out jump your opponents can help your team win games, from positions that no one thought would be possible.
However, it is no easy task to be able to jump high. It is also not something that you can simply learn over night, since it takes lots of training and the ability to push your limits in order to go that extra mile.
That being said, if you are a person who likes to play any form of sports, it’s best if you go out and start work on improving your vertical leaps.
Instructions
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Weight training
Being able to jump high would initially require you to work on your leg strength and leg mass. If you possess the adequate amount of strength in your legs, it will already become easier for you to be able to jump higher and achieve more air time than most people.
The ideal exercises to perform in order for you to be able to get those leg muscles going is to do squats. This way your primary muscles will be trained which is exactly what you want to do.
The next thing to do is to work on your calves and hamstrings. Both of these muscles play an important role in helping you jump higher and it is important to train them using weights as much as you possibly can.
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Jump training
Next you need to practice your jumping. The first and most basic way to do this is to stand in one spot and jump straight up. You need to do this in order to warm up and get your muscles working in the right manner.
Next you need to position a platform in front of you at a relatively difficult height to reach. Then you need to jump onto the platform from the ground and then back.
As time progresses, you can raise the height of the platform in order for your body to adjust to jumping to slightly higher heights.
Lastly, can mix up the exercise involving the platforms, by varying what foot you will use to jump up first. You can alternate between leading with your right leg and left leg, in order to get both of them to train equally.
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