IMPROVING JUMP HEIGHT

3 STEPS TO IMPROVE JUMP HEIGHT

You may be thinking "just jump a lot and you will jump higher, right?"   I wish it was that simple.   Starting with jump training and doing that will help an athlete, but they will leave a lot on the table when it comes to reaching their max potential.    Below will help fill in the blanks and give a better understanding as to what to do about improving your jump height.   Here is a 3 step plan to help improve jump height: For youth athlete training or help with an injury, please click HERE or contact Will at Will@truetraining.pro ASSESS MUSCULAR SYSTEM If the muscles used for jumping are not functioning well, it will not matter what training you do.  So....where in the body is the muscular system doing well and where will it need some help?   Lets find out by assessing.  Without assessing, we will not know and will blindly go into the workouts.  Using this very specific range of motion and muscle testing assessment, we will be able to know where in the body the muscles are functioning poorly.  Action Step:    contact a nearby MAT specialist to assess their muscular system and see if their issue is muscular related TREAT AND IMPROVE ALL LIMITATIONS Once the assessment is done, now its time to optimize muscle function in those limited areas.  Using MAT, we can activate or "turn on" each muscle that is not functioning well enough and could be causing limited jump performance.  This could be from the foot on up.   Having a muscular system that is optimally functioning will help with all kinds of performance, including jumping.   Action Step:    After the assessment, have the MAT specialist go over what areas and limited and begin the treatment  PROGRESSIVE JUMP TRAINING Once the athlete's muscular system is functioning good enough, begin a jump performance training program.   This will include a progressive strength training program, jump variations, along with continued Muscle Activation Techniques.  The training itself can be as simple as box jumps or max height jumps using low reps per set.  If using MAT as well, jump height should be increasing, as well as tolerance to the jumps - which means they will be able to jump maximally over and over again.    Action Step:   try testing the max jump weekly and train using strength plus jump training twice per week and using MAT maybe every 1-3 weeks.   If you have any questions or would like to set up an appointment, please click HERE or contact me at Will@truetraining.pro  Will Mieding  M.S., CSCS, RTS, MAT Rx 1227 Sagamore Parkway North Suite A 765-230-3770 www.truetraining.pro