Vertical Jump Performance and Strength - Does Strength Contribute to Good Vertical Jumps?

There are so many coaches and trainers who declare that they can improve vertical jumps instantly. While I am sure that there are quite a number of them who actually do the great work of improving these vertical jump lengths and heights, there are also a good number of them who are just pounding around the bush doing almost nothing to really help their trainees attain their goals.

Most of these coaches would want their trainees to do several push-ups every day, and lift heavy objects, with the aim of improving vertical jump length and height! These methods are not only incorrect, but they waste your valuable time for no good cause. If vertical jumps depended on strength and the largeness of your upper body muscles, then the world strongest man would have the best vertical jump record. But as you may guess, that is not the case.

Of course you need to have some strength to carry out great vertical jumps! But the real secret to increasing vertical jump height is creating the suppleness and power in the lower body, not the upper body as most guru coaches wrongly claim.

You would want to imagine your feet like a spring board on which you spring and try to go as high up as possible, while trying to move your body ahead at the same time. Training with flexible resistance is the best way to create an elasticity and power in the muscles.

It is quite true that it takes some time to get better on your vertical jump, but if you apply this simple principle, you can see result within 5 to 6 training sessions guaranteed.

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Vertical Jump Performance and Strength - Does Strength Contribute to Good Vertical Jumps?

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