How To Increase Your Vertical

One of the things that many athletes chose to neglect when trying to increase their vertical jumps is the importance of form.  If you don’t have the right form, you’re basically just setting yourself to fail and fall flat on your face.

A quote from the famous Coach Wooden comes to mind here “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail” and it’s the same thing with your vertical jump.  You have to prepare your body for success by having the right form to start with.

So let’s get into the 6 simple steps you can start using today to start improving

1) One of the most critical components to having an explosive vertical jump is to make sure that you are completely warmed up so that your muscles are very elastic.  When you do your stretching, make sure that you are stretching the inverse muscles.  For example, if you are stretching your abs, make sure you also stretch your back, if you’re stretching your quads, make sure that you are also stretching your hamstrings…

2) Get rid of any mental garbage you may have.  I know this seems weird but I’m telling you it works… Make sure if you have any sort of mental blocks going on in your head to clear your mind so you can focus strictly on your vertical jump.

3)Exaggerate your last step.  This way you will be lowering your body in order to generate more force to get you into the air.

4) Make sure your body is poised for explosion.

5) Get your entire body into the jump especially your arms and lower back.  Jumping isn’t just about one particular muscle group, you need to get your entire body working together so make sure you are using all of your body and point your toes toward your knees so you can take advantage of your full range of motion.

6) Transfer any forward momentum that you may have directly upward.  What’s happening is that you’re upward momentum is being completely stopped and you’re using your strength to push you forward.  You want to transfer your forward momentum successfully upward instead of stopping and having to recharge momentum.

These are the 6 simple steps that you can use right now to set yourself up for success and to start increasing your vertical jump but this is only one small piece of the entire puzzle.  If you don’t have a proven plan to increase your vertical jump, you can find one by signing up to my newsletter here.

Here’s some other articles that you might be interested in that talks about jumping form as well:

• The 6 Steps to Improving Form to Jump Higher – The 6 Steps to Improving Form to Jump Higher 1. When you get in the gym, make sure you’re warm, that your muscles are elastic. Make sure that you’re stretching them and all the inverse muscles. So if you’re on your quads, …
• How to improve running vertical jumps compared to standing … – How to improve running vertical jumps compared to standing vertical jump My standing two-feet vertical jump is about 22 inches. My running two-foot vertical jump is also about 22 inches. My running one-foot vertical jump is a pathetic 16 inches lol.