Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast!

For today's episode, we will be taking a deep dive into one of my favorite topics, Jump training! More specifically, we will be debunking some common jump training myths!

This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. I have worked extensively w/ court sport athletes (volleyball, basketball) and I have noticed glut of misinformed or misrepresented information out there.

So I wanted to set the record straight on some common training myths that I have seen over the year.

In today's episode I cover:

• How too much more reps is not always a good thing w/ jump training
• How we must consider global load when designing a jump program
• Why Jump and Strength Specificity Matters
• The Pro's and Cons of Heavy Squatting for Jumping
• Why jumping high in practice does not necessarily mean you'll jump high in a game
• Why Training your breaks are just as important as training your gas pedal
• Why patience is key to developing a high jump over time

Of course we cover so much more!...Thanks for tuning in, I hope you enjoy the show!

Here are some of the other blog posts I've written for Ignite Performance

• 3 Proven Ways to Increase Your Vertical
• Jump Quiz: What Type of Jumper Are You?
• Why I Don't Care How High Your Box Jump is

As always, if you have any questions or ideas for future episodes, feel free to contact me:

• Email: javier@igniteperformance.net
• Instagram: @thecoachjav
• twitter: @thecoachjav