Teach Them to Land First Jason Nunn MS, CSCS Plyometrics have
been a part of most athletic development programs for many
years. It has become quite commonplace for coaches to implement
these sort of hops, jumps, and triple jump variations during the
speed and acceleration development periods of their programs.
These sorts of drills have been proven time and again to improve
both starting strength and elastic strength in athletes. In most
of the beginning literature from the Soviets, the thought was
that an athlete must be able to squat two and a half times their
own bodyweight to be able to perform plyometrics. However, in
most athletic programs, this simply will not work. Most athletes
today will not have the time to develop this type of strength.
Honestly, this would limit most athletes from being able to
perform this type of exercise. For example, Hossein Rezzazadeh
weighs three hundred and sixty pounds, can clean and jerk five
hundred and eighty pounds and squat eight hundred and sixty
pounds (raw I might