Plyometric and jump training, Part III: Programming and training plyometric ability

In the previous two articles of this series (part 1 and part 2), I put forward some ideas on how you might work back from sporting and positional demands to identify different plyometric and jump training interventions, as well as different plyometric / jump assessment options that can improve athlete performance. As a quick review, the relevance of jumping exercises to sporting demands can be broken down into stance, contact / contraction times, direction, approach, and surface. Meanwhile, practitioners can use jumping assessments a la carte based on what question the coach thinks will lead t...