Plylometrics are great... good job person above... I have a few suggestions... you can even do some of them at a court.
Remember, you are training explosive strength here!
1) Jump straight up and touch the backboard as many times as you can. Rest and repeat. This helps explosive speed. Try to jump higher as you go. Add a ball if you want. If you can, mark your progress. Do this double legged, and then try one step and up. If you are too short, just jump up till you can hit the board or something low to hit.
2) Skip across the length of the basketball court. Do it once trying to skip as high as you can. Do it again trying to skip as long as you can and repeat. This should be done fast. Once again you are building explosive strength.
3) Do calf raise with weights or at the very least on the steps. After you are strong enough do calf raises with one leg and switch.
4) Do squats... add weight with fewer reps and more weight, etc. You are building explosive strength... something you need. Do not let your knees go over your toes or you may develop some issues (many).
5) Don't just jog for basketball... It is an explosive sport. If you want to jog try this instead. Go to a track. Sprint (fast as you can) 100 meters then jog at a 7-8 minute mile pace 100 meters then sprint 100 meters, jog 100 meters, repeat... Increase your 800 sets as you get stronger. If you can't go to a track, do this at the court or outside or someplace.
6) Do other leg exercises... curls, extensions, farmer's walk, lunges, dead lifts.
7) Remember to run backwards! This way your quads get work too!
8) Oh, yea do some leg curls... while squats do work the whole leg, you don't want to blow a hamstring...Quads and Hams should be within 20% of strength of each other. Typically the quads are 20% stronger. Your quads (front leg muscles) should not be stronger than that as you can tear your hamstrings. Careful.
6) Jump rope... well that just really helps your cardio... but you can get fancy by doing double swings (requiring a bigger jump)and crossover, requiring a change and such. Mix it up. Watch Rocky IV for inspiration if you like (the library should have a free copy available on VHS or DVD).
Best of luck.
2006-12-26 05:24:00
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answered by Anonymous
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I would not do any significant mass building exercises. One of my best friends is ranked 3rd in Canada for high jump, he does not use mass training that concentrates on legs as much as High Intensity training that works on pure power- use low reps on machines and weights in the gym . keep in mind the best exercise is to jump with weights or tensor bands- see the first link below. and work on technique
Plyometrics is probably very important in a combined movement like this (see second and third links for more common exercises)
i would suggest using the advice from the links below- they provide a detailed description of power workouts. It should increase your jump hieght significantly. My friend uses some if not all of these- but then again- he is also naturally talented- so don't expect to pull a michael jordan any time soon!
2006-12-25 15:53:47
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answered by quik4u2win 1
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Practice jumping up and down with weights in your hands. Small weights at first, and getting progressively heavier as you get more muscle.
Lunges, to increase muscle mass,
Leg lifts to increase mass
All these help to increase the size of your muscles. You must train your muscles to help you jump by actually doing just that...jumping.
Stand with weights in your hands and jump up and down. When you come down, go all the way down. Come up and do it again.
Repeat 10-15 repetitions
3-4 sets
Rest
Do it again ...but not the next day. Skip a day between hard workouts on one muscle group.
2006-12-25 15:21:21
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answered by vamedic4 5
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2016-04-24 07:34:35
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-01-28 13:19:24
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answered by Patti 3
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2014-08-14 05:57:51
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answered by Anonymous
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well , i have never try it but i will to jump real high here is what to do : you have to practise with some wight on you legs , there is special items for that . ( if you practise jumping high with some wight then you will jump real real high without wight ) .
2006-12-27 05:18:01
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answered by mrd_x000 1
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Aerobics.
2006-12-25 15:22:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Spread paper clips on your chair and then sit down
2006-12-25 21:41:05
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answered by Anonymous
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star jumps - on a trampoline
2006-12-25 16:10:40
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answered by Anonymous
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