Comments on: Learning to Jump https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump The Home of Lyle McDonald Mon, 25 May 2020 19:00:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 By: gabe brolly https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-7930 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:01:38 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-7930 great article Lyle thank you, it totally solves a lot of issues I have had my entire life too when I think about it, I should have been a good jumper but that leg tuck is something that I’ve nearly always done and that pic above of your one skipping rope made me chuckle as that was totally me, at 42 I am not expecting to improve my vertical too much more (given that my legs were smashed 12 years ago too by joyriders and have no right knee worth of speaking about) but I am definitely looking forward to improving my squat and deadlift. So again many thanks for this post and again a lucky accident me coming across it. All the best, gabe.

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]]> By: Tony M https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-3599 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:37:11 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-3599 Great information from this story. I had to Stumble this for others to find.

]]> By: Saul https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-3545 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:48:45 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-3545 How was she able to do a proper RDL if she didn’t understand hip extension? Or was it just hip extension in more complex movements.

]]> By: Rahim https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-2762 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:13:01 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-2762 This problem illustrates why my junior T&F coach started all of the young athletes with plyometrics before we began serious weight training. He wanted to see us perform basic athletic movements so that he could determine whether we were able to actually move correctly and to see what he had to work with. These things are especially important in T&F because those movements often actually are the sports rather than just training exercises.

]]> By: admin https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-2484 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-2484 Helgi,

I misread what you were trying to say completely and changed less to more. I changed it back. Sorry about that.

Lyle

]]> By: Helgi Briem https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-2483 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:12:42 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-2483 Thanks Lyle.

There’s something strange about the way my post came out and I think it should read: …has also stalled and squats and deadlifts much less than he should..

I.e. he has stalled and lifts less than he should. He also can’t jump. BTW, he is white.

]]> By: Matt https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-2479 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:23:22 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-2479 My apologies, Lyle. I shouldn’t stir the drink like that, so I hope that you will forgive me if my post was way out of line. I appreciate what a fantastic resource you are and should learn to think a bit more before I type.

]]> By: admin https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-2477 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:07:47 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-2477 Ivan: Absolutely not. The knee flexion that occurs in sprinting is more of a reaction force from ground contact and the majority of propulsion comes from hip extension. Some coaches feel that leg curls simply predispose sprinters to hamstring pulls and few use them.

Duxx: I agree 100%. Different athletes ‘hear’ things differently and sometimes what the coach is saying and what the athlete is hearing are different.

Matt: no comment.

Helgi: Glad I could be of some use. I misread your post and changed it back to the original.

Lyle

]]> By: Ivan https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-2476 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:14:58 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-2476 Lyle, do you think it’s important to do leg curls to improve sprinting?. Does the hams work in sprint as a knee flexors, or only as hip extensors?.

Thank you.

]]> By: Helgi Briem https://bodyrecomposition.com/training/learning-to-jump#comment-2475 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/?p=1892#comment-2475 Amazing. I have a friend who has also stalled and squats and dealifts much less than he should. I immediately asked him to do a couple of jumps for me. Lo and behold, he jumps just like that! I blame it on a diet of leg curls and extensions for years before I got him to squat and deadlift. I’m going to have him do some jumping, concentrating on hip extension.

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