Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

For basketball player and volleyball players, having a strong vertical leap is essential for increasing your level of play. Whether you are going up for a rebound in basketball or hitting a spike in volleyball, a high vertical leap makes it much easier.
The following list details the best exercises for helping an athlete increase [...]

Improving your vertical is all about training your fast-twitch muscle fibres. There are several exercises you can do to train these and we’ll be discussing that in another post.
For now we want to make it absolutely clear that increasing your vertical jump will require a combination of strength and speed – endurance has nothing to [...]