subject: The Art of Vertical Plyometrics [print this page] All athletes ranging from basketball, football, runners, and many other sports call for the need of a great vertical jump. A familiar way that athletes increase their vertical jump is through vertical plyometrics. This form of training involves the use of elevated boxes and quick agility repetitive exercises. This article will dive in to the art of this method. The most effective training you can do to increase your vertical is the use of vertical plyometrics. Your reactive strength is highly increased with plyometrics. The reaction of a spring is the bodies' reactive strength so to speak. You can react from one motion to another faster with the more reactive strength you posses. To connect force and explosion power vertical plyometrics are the best form of exercise. To jump higher faster is the goal of this training by tuning and strengthen your leg muscle. They are relatively simple exercises and usually do not require any equipment, but they can give incredible results. The increase to your vertical jump has been proven effective with plyometrics. You can not wait a moment if you want to dunk quicker you must use vertical plyometrics. Your workouts should always include some form of plyometrics. Plyometric leg exercises are supposed to be performed fast, so that means training slowly will get you nowhere. In conclusion, there are great rewards to plyometrics to any athlete. As with any new exercise guidance is needed to prevent injury. Vertical plyometrics give athletes the ability to quickly react in the form a spring to bounce back into action on the next motion as a spring would bounce back.
