How to Jump Higher Plyometric Exercises

When trying to learn exercises to better your jumping ability it can be confusing as to which ones are the best and which workouts you should avoid.

Click Here to see a video my friend Jacob has on his site – The Jump Manual.

Jacob makes some very good points and you should take his advice on jumping. If you haven’t watched his video yet click the link above check out all of the tips he gives on jump training.

I’m not going to repeat all of the explanation of plyometric exercises that Jacob talked about in his video because that would be redundant, so lets look at some jumping exercises that will teach you how to jump higher.

First off, you will train a little bit differently depending on your sport. Basketball training and volleyball training to increase vertical jump are slightly different believe or not.

The jump manual exercises will work for both but you can pick and chose which ones might be better for your sport.

Lets look at how plyometrics for basketball differ from plyometrics for volleyball. Plyometrics for jumping are slightly different than a typical basketball workout routine because you will be focusing on your vertical speed instead of lateral agility. In basketball you jump off of 1 foot sometimes and sometimes you jump off of 2 feet. When focusing on exercises to jump higher for volleyball you will never jump off of 1 foot because you don’t need to.

Here is a random list of jumping exercises that you can pick from to do a plyometric workout.
Cleans
Hang Cleans
Squats
Jump Squats
Calf Raises
Kettlebell swings
Wall Balls (use a medicine ball to throw high on a wall from squatting position)
Low Back Extensions
Hamstring Curls
Rear deltoid flexibility exercises
Box jumps
Rim touches
Bounding
Box jumps from seated position
Click Here to see the Jump Manual workout plan

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