As a basketball player and collegiate men’s basketball strength and conditioning coach, one of the most common questions I get asked is how players can increase their vertical jump. However, perhaps the most over-rated test of athletic ability in basketball, if not all sports, is the vertical jump test. The test is primarily used to [...]
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Reconsidering the Vertical Jump Test: Part 1
Posted: 4th May 2012 by Charlie in Basketball, Jump Training, Tony CatesTags: basketball, nfl combine, Self Made, Tony Cates, vertical jump test
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Movement Is A Skill
Posted: 29th December 2011 by Charlie in Change Of Direction, Jump Training, Speed, Agility, QuicknessTags: Charlie Cates, mechanics, movement, Self Made, skill
This will be a shorter post today but the takeaway is of the utmost importance to understand. A lot of people see the way somebody moves or feel how they themselves move and assume that’s just the way things are. It is clear that force production can be increased as well as rate of force [...]
Increasing Your Vert: The Warm-up
Posted: 6th December 2011 by Charlie in Basketball, Jump Training, Warm-UpTags: Charlie Cates, how to dunk, jump higher, jump rope, Self Made, vertical jumping
A lot of questions I get from people revolve around ways to increase their vertical jump. There are many training techniques I use to improve this for both myself and others, but one of the simplest things I have found is something I have implemented into my warm-up over the last few months. After I [...]
How to Add External Resistance to Box Jumps
Posted: 20th October 2011 by Charlie in Jump TrainingTags: biomechanics, box jumps, Charlie Cates, dumbbells, external resistance, Self Made, Vertimax, weight vest
In my last post in this series I described the appropriate amount of external resistance that should be applied to box jumps, if external resistance is to be applied at all. But, seeing as there are numerous possible ways to go about adding this extra resistance, we need to differentiate which methods of external resistance [...]
How Much External Resistance To Add To Box Jumps?
Posted: 27th September 2011 by Charlie in Jump TrainingTags: box jumps, Charlie Cates, external resistance, Self Made, weight vest
Earlier in the month I posted and article from DieselCrew.com on how to increase your vertical jump. One of the suggestions given by the author was to perform weighted box jumps, with the corresponding video depicting someone performing box jumps while wearing a weighted vest. But does wearing a weight vest when performing box jumps [...]
How to Increase Your Vertical Jump
Posted: 6th September 2011 by Charlie in Jump TrainingTags: Charlie Cates, DieselCrew.com, increasing verical, Joe Meglio, jump higher, Self Made, vertical jump, vertical jump training
Trying desperately to increase that vertical of yours? Check out this article from DieselCrew.com by Joe Meglio for some tips to help you rise up. How to Increase Your Vertical Jump by Joe Meglio Get big or die tryin’.
Lower Body Plyometric Training for Female Athletes
Posted: 29th December 2010 by Charlie in Jump TrainingTags: Charlie Cates, female athletes, Joe Giandonato, plyometric training, Self Made
Here are some basic guidelines to follow when incorporating plyometric exercises into the training program of female athletes, or any person for that matter. Lower Body Plyometric Training for Female Athletes by Joe Giandonato Get big or die tryin’.
Jumping Rope: Quick, Easy, Effective
Posted: 9th December 2010 by Charlie in Conditioning, Fat Burning, Jump Training, Speed, Agility, QuicknessTags: Charlie Cates, jumping rope, Self Made
If you are looking to improve your overall quickness or jumping ability, or even if you are looking for an alternative form of cardio, one simple tool that is often overlooked or forgotten about is the jump rope. While jumping rope is a skill and does take some coordination and rhythm, it is a very [...]