9 ways athletes screw up common exercises.
Box jump height vs vertical.
Youth athletes are always growing and changing.
3 box jump mistakes that can ruin your vertical jump.
To be honest to the athlete and your training program don t take credit for natures work.
Let s break down kevin bania s world record box jump that has been floating around the inter webs.
But you may be doing it wrong.
Avoid these box jump mistakes for safer workouts increased power and insane hops.
Like the vertical countermovement jump i have seen coaches use an increased box jump height as a training milestone for youth athletes.
Well if you can jump on a 50 box you have a pretty good idea that your vertical is around 35 inches.
Because the vertical jump is a significant bio marker of athleticism and is worth developing and rm box jumps are a valuable tool to develop the vertical jump.
Moreover there was no significant difference p 0 17 in standing vertical jump 2 91 plusmn 1 07 m and any of the box drop rebound heights table 2.
It is a measure of leg power which plays a big part in performance in many sports like basketball football and volleyball to name a few.
In another line of thinking if the gap is smaller between a given athlete s box jump pr and vertical jump pr it might be an indicator that they need some hip and ankle mobility work.
This might be one of the most misleading milestones out there.