Basketball Jumping Secrets - Fact Or Fiction?

So if there is a secret scroll that contains all the hidden wisdom required to turbo-boost your basketball jumping performance, I don't think it's hidden by some ancient secret society. More likely that the knowledge is out there, but people just don't know where to look.

Jump training is not well understood because it goes against what most athletes and trainers accept as common wisdom. It is the results of hard work, special techniques and some well thought out plans.

To really maximize the muscle strength and to get the highest jump is a combination of training methods, diet and other changes which produce the results. Taking one element in isolation and changing it may not be enough.

Training to get a specific result needs a specific approach, and one that is tailored to the job in hand. You are not training to run a marathon so 100 repetitions in one session of any exercise will not give you the muscle explosion that harder training with fewer reps will. Although endurance training is essential for basketball players who must run and jump the entire game, it's not what produces their explosive jump or the height. That type of training is low rep with a hard push.

While most athletes attempting to improve their vertical jump will put in long hours with less push to it, they are simply enabling themselves to do more jumping but not improving their vertical height.

Strength and balance training of the right kind can produce results but they are not the entire story. Some athletes manage to find a training routine which does work to build muscle and can improve explosive basketball jumping. They see some results and may still be disappointed because a jump requires more than strength training.

A large amount of energy is released in a concerted vertical jump. However the contributing factors to this jump are muscle response speed, stability and balance. One single factor can help produce an improvement but changing multiple factors will usually produce a much greater improvement.

Training is a commitment and will not be easy. I think the old analogy of having to put wood on the stove before getting heat out of it certainly applies here. To achieve the best results and especially if they are to be gained quickly, it requires a certain dedication to training. Eating well and sleeping well are important and the person committed to a training program will make time to do both.

Though these secrets could apply to any routine it works best when an athlete has a firm training routine, a proper diet as well as coaching. Under training vertical jumps can be just as detrimental to overall improvement as over training can be.

Decide on a good program that makes sense, stick to it, and make sure it approaches all the factors in jumping, not just muscle gain or endurance since these will not produce the kind of results that a multifaceted approach will. Then go for it and watch your basketball jumping soar.

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