Tips On Jumping Higher - Improve Your Jump, Improve Your Game!

Let's just define both of these real quick before I get into them:

Endurance weight training is performed to make your muscles last longer during physical activity, while good for sports in general it's almost useless for creating explosive power. Focuses on high rep weight workouts (10-20 reps)

Strength weight training is used to create maximal muscle strength, which will help you to jump higher! Low rep workouts (4-6 reps)

I'm sure you can already see why strength training is far more important for creating explosive power, but let me elaborate a little bit more. Speed and muscle strength create explosion - but no matter how fast you are if you don't have the strength to push off harder you won't be able to jump higher.

Endurance training focuses on higher reps - which in the long run will reduce the quality of the rep. High repetition weight workouts will not help you build explosion, only muscle endurance. If you play basketball you're better off training muscle endurance on the court playing, rather than in the gym with weights.

Focus on low rep, high weight workouts and you'll be jumping higher in no time!

Note: Keep in mind that athletes with extremely good verticals tend to be able to squat 2 times there own weight.

Getting a good coach or fitness trainer will keep you aimed in the right direction and can help provide quality information. A coach/fitness trainer can also let you know what mistakes you're making, this way you don't make them over and over again! The downside is this can be very costly - personal coaching sessions can run you $1-200 dollars an hour for a quality coach.

If you are interested in getting some coaching and you don't want to spend a fortune I would recommend getting the Jump Manual - it comes with a month of one on one coaching free with Jacob Hiller, the creator pf the program. He gives you workouts, helps you when you're stuck and there are videos - lots of information to get you jumping higher.

Do you want to be able to jump almost instantly after landing, reduce impact on your joints and create more even more explosion in your legs? Then you need to pay attention to your landing. Going up isn't the only important thing to focus on when you're improving your vertical jump - learning to land softly will keep you training longer and help keep your ankles, knees and back in tip top shape. Of all the tips on jumping higher this is the one that will take the most mental concentration. Don't skip this one!