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You are here: Home / High Jump Training / How to jump higher (faster!)

How to jump higher (faster!)

June 23, 2019 by David

*Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.

You’re here because you want to jump as high as you possibly can, as quickly as you possibly can.

And the way to accomplish this is by improving your body’s conditioning so that your body can explode vertically and give you more height when jumping.

There are quite a few medium and long-term techniques. However, in this post, we will share some of the things that you can do to help you jump higher in the next 30 days.

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  • Do explosive training in barefeet or socks.
  • Utilise single-leg training
    • Bulgarian split squats
    • Reverse lunges
  • Prioritise doing plyometrics that focus on vertical power.
  • Strengthen your abdominals and core.
  • Develop power through your hip flexors
    • Make sure your hip flexors aren’t tight.
  • Use plyometric shoes to develop more jumping power.
  • Improve your squats and deadlifts
    • Want to improve your high jump?

Do explosive training in barefeet or socks.

The reason for doing training in barefeet (ideally) is to also develop strength and power in more of the intricate muscles in your body.

You want to develop strength and power in:

  • Your toes
  • Ankle flexion
  • Calves (both lower and upper)
  • Achilles
  • Hamtrings

If possible, try to train on softer surfaces such as grass or sand (at a beach) to help your muscles develop more power.

Utilise single-leg training

Since you will mainly be jumping for vertical height from one leg, you want to utilize as much single-leg training as possible.

You should emphasize the following.

Bulgarian split squats

Reverse lunges

Prioritise doing plyometrics that focus on vertical power.

Only focus on doing plyometrics that emphasise increasing vertical power.

For example:

  • Single leg hurdle jumps (for height)
  • Vertical wall jumps
  • Skipping (for height)
  • Single leg bounds (for height)
  • Single leg skips (for height)

Strengthen your abdominals and core.

You need abdominal strength to make it easier for you to lift your hip flexors and to make it easier to jump. Focus on doing:

  • Knee raises
  • Leg raises
  • Reverse crunches

Watch the video below to see how you can improve your abdominal strength.

Develop power through your hip flexors

The majority of your vertical power will come through your hip flexors. You need to make sure to do the following.

Make sure your hip flexors aren’t tight.

Watch the video below to see how to correct your posture so you can get more vertical power through your hip flexors.

Focus on doing single leg exercises with explosive power.

Use plyometric shoes to develop more jumping power.

These shoes will help you improve your ankle flexion and will condition your muscles to be more explosive.

Click here to buy the plyometric shoes on Amazon.

Improve your squats and deadlifts

This will help you improve the front and back of your leg strength.

Make sure you use the correct form and aim to get low to develop more power through the range of motion.

If you would like to improve your high jump, you can

Click here to purchase our high jump training ebook.

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