Vertical jump

There are many exercises that you can perform to help you jump higher, faster, and more powerfully. Read on for a list of different exercises that can improve one part of your vertical or every part of your vertical. You can add as many of these to your workout as you want, because they can only help you. Increasing your vertical jumping speed can be easy if you do it right. Whenever you are focusing on improving your speed make sure you always do the exercise as fast as you can. You are tuning…

Long Jump Procedures: The participant has to stand behind the line and has to jump off of both feet and attempt to jump as far as possible while landing on both feet. The participant gets three chances to jump as far as they can, then they record their data. Advantages: This test does not take very long to do and it does not require a lot of equipment. Disadvantages: It takes some form to know how to do this properly so some participants may have an advantage over others. Validity: it is a good…

The subjects were to execute 9 maximum vertical jumps (1 minute rest between each) and 3 of those being from a recommended starting position. Another 3 squats were performed by the subjects selecting their best deep squat position, followed by the last 3 out of an upright posture. All participants…

Statistical Analysis: Means and standard deviations were calculated for body composition (body fat), power (vertical jump, Broad jump, average power), speed (20M sprint), Lower limb strength (1RM Squat) and endurance (12min run) for each training group. A factorial repeated-measures ANOVA was used to examine significance between the independent variables of testing (pre- and post-) and groups (control and chest and hip deep) on the dependent variables. Statistical significancewas set a priori…

Return to soccer following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are among the most common injuries of lower limb in soccer. The touchstone for treatment of ACL tear is surgical reconstruction, which may overcome functional instability of knee joint, thereby lowering the risk of subsequent damage to articular cartilage and menisci. However, there is lacking clear criteria when deciding with players aiming for return to competitive games after ACL…

Incredibles. The movie is about a giant robot that came from space and crashed into the Earth, then a boy found it and kept it safe from the government. Hogarth Hughes is showing the robot how to have fun and do a cannonball. The natural bright light and the jump cuts makes it active. The rule of thirds is showing the three characters the scene are focusing on. The camera is angle is high, fixed, far away. The lighting is natural, bright. The setting shows a lake, by the forest, daytime. The…

stretched prior to movement (Kopper et al., 2014). The significance of the SSC during the HC and VJ in football is different due to the stationary nature of the HC and numerous variations in the jump within a football game (Jezdimirović, Joksimović, Stanković, & Bubanj, 2013). The number of steps prior to the jump will affect the take-off, therefore the longer the take-off time, the SSC becomes less important and a greater emphasis is placed on the concentric strength of the muscles in this…

Women Playing in the NBA Basketball is an extremely popular sport that is played worldwide. The game consists of different leagues like the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The different leagues were created based on the players' age group and gender. There is a populated belief that women should be allowed to play in the NBA. It is my opinion that women should not be allowed to play in the NBA: Women's bodies are built differently…

Strength and conditioning professionals are required to effectively evaluate playing ability in collegiate football players on an individual basis. Many of the techniques used for evaluating playing ability in collegiate linemen are poor indicators of skill in these athletes due to a lack of specificity in these tests. Specific to linemen, the development of an explosive start is essential since these athletes are lined up so close to each other. Strength and Power play a vital role in the…

The traumatic meniscal injuries in basketball players are caused as a result of compressive forces together with knee flexion rotation (Zedde, Mela, Prete, Masia & Manunta, 2014). Hence, the prevention of injuries in athletes has become more and more essential in recent years. Many fitness professionals advice time efficient static stretching before the competition. A pre competition static stretching is believed to reduce the risk of injury during the game. The fast paced game of basketball…