Vertical Jump Training

Jumping Skills (Mind and Body)

Did you know that you can improve your jumping skills just like any other skill you wan to develop? this my sound obvious but many people never think about this! Maybe for that reason many people may even think that jump higher is really much more hard than it really is!
So, just like running faster or getting stronger though exercise, you can jump higher if you make some exercises, and if you are interesting in the parkour world, jumping higher is a skill you want to develop!remember that parkpur is about finding the most efficient way  from point A to pint B and some times this means jumping.Jumping is something most of the people don't really do that often, so if you are new to the parkour world you may find your jumping skills not developed at all! Jumping it's about strength but also about "faith" (not the religious kind of faith! but most of all faith in your self!) So you need to work in this two things to develop your jumping skills the right way. In other words: its worthless to have the strength in the legs but non confidence enough to make a jump (been afraid to fall!); also its useless to have to confidence and a leak of technique ( and also much more painful xD) 

How to jump Higher

I would like to share here, content from other web site that's cached my attention with a very nice jump training, but before the quote I'd like to make something clear: This is exercise you can do right now if you want, but like every other exercise you need to warm up before if you don't want to hurt your self; also to reach your goal you need something to measure your jumps before starting, so you can see how you improve! you can use a rope hanging from the roof or a little mark on the wall!

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Coach Mac Vertical Jump Program

Phase 1 – Weeks 1 – 3

1. Jumping Rope – 2 minutes.

2. Stretching

3. Jumping Rope – 2 minutes.

4. Slow Motion Squats – 3 sets of 10 repetitions.

5. Lateral Jumps – 3 sets of 20 repetitions.

6. Alternating Jump Lunges – 3 sets of 10 repetitions.

7. Tuck Jumps – 3 sets of 8 repetitions.

8. Toe Raises – 3 sets of 20 repetitions.

Week 4 – Rest.

Phase 2 – Weeks 5 – 7

1. Jumping Rope – 2 minutes.

2. Stretching

3. Jumping Rope – 3 minutes.

4. Slow Motion Squats – 3 sets of 10 repetitions.

5. 4-Corners – 3 sets of 12 repetitions.

6. Single-Leg Lateral Jumps – 3 sets of 15 repetitions.

7. Alternating Jump Lunges – 3 sets of 15 repetitions.

8. High Reach Jumps – 3 sets of 8 repetitions.

9. Straight-Leg Calf Jumps – 3 sets of 30 repetitions.

Week 8 – Rest.

Phase 3 – Weeks 9 – 11

1. Jumping Rope – 2 minutes.

2. Stretching

3. Jumping Rope – 4 minutes.

4. Slow Motions Squats – 3 sets of 10 repetitions.

5. Single-Leg 4-Corners – 3 sets of 10 repetitions.

6. Single-Leg Lateral Jumps – 3 sets of 20 repetitions.

7. Alternating Jump Lunges – 3 sets of 20 repetitions.

8. Tuck Jumps – 3 sets of 8 repetitions.

9. Straight-Leg Calf Jumps – 3 sets of 40 repetitions.

Week 12 – Rest.

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This is a few weeks training, so stay focus in your goal and never surrender! If you want to check the site from the quote click HERE.

I hope you enjoy the post and have success improving your jumping skills!