Extensive plyometrics: A practical and effective option for team sports

Plyometric training is a key facet of many strength & conditioning programmes. I describe it to athletes as the training modality that will allow them to translate the strength they build in the gym to the playing pitch. Still, plyometrics elicit high neural and musculoskeletal demands, and can be technically demanding, which may impact their applicability to certain cohorts of athletes. It may be prudent, then, to introduce athletes to plyometrics via extensive, rather intensive, methods. Extensive plyometrics are the “easier” versions of typical plyometric training exercises. The emphasi...