We're going to be learning about how you can increase and improve your form and increase the power of your vertical jump. Today we're going to be talking specifically about rapid and synchronized counter movements. When we're talking about counter movements we're talking about the movement that happens right before you explode. And so, before you're going to explode into the air, most of your muscles are going to eccentrically contract.
Eccentric contraction is when your muscle stretches. Your muscles have elastic qualities, and when they're stretched and then allowed to get smaller (concentrically contract) there's going to be added power from the elasticity of the muscle.
What is important to realize, though, is that elasticity of the muscle is only going to be good for about .2 seconds, about a quarter of a second. Anything longer than that, then that potential energy is going to dissipate. So if you eccentrically contract your muscle and explode it as soon as possible after that eccentric contraction, it's going to explode with greater force. It's going to contract with greater power than otherwise could. The take-home lesson is that eccentric action before the concentric contraction needs to be as quick as possible in order to take the greatest advantage of that elastic energy.
How can you apply this to your vertical jumping form? Think about when you jump in place, or whether you're jumping standing up, or whether you take a couple steps and then jump into place, what's happening. As you land on two feet in preparation to explode upwards, your calves are going to be stretched, your quads are going to be stretching, you're going to lean over, your stomach muscles are going to tighten, you're going to lean forward and your lower back is going to be stretching. Your arms are going to move back and so there are going to be arm muscles that are going to be stretching, all in preparation to contract upwards.
Basically, the faster that movement can be executed, the more power you're going to be able to generate. That means as you're jumping into place you want to allow gravity to coil you like a spring, so to speak, as quickly as possible. Now with no time in between you want to be exploding back upwards. It's going to take some feeling out to get really used to executing all your counter movements very quickly so that you can take advantage of all the stored elasticity in the muscles and send it upward.
The concept should make sense so that if you have that in mind and you're watching other very efficient jumpers you're going to get the picture. And as you practice it you are eventually going to get the feel of making that counter movement very quickly. If you watch really good jumpers you're going to notice that as they jump into position they are immediately exploding. Their legs are going to contract very quickly and they are going to explode back up almost immediately.
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