Drills to Jump Higher- 4 Drills to Jump Higher in 2 Weeks… or Less

If you have not read our previous two posts on vertical Jump coaching you can read here

There are a lot of drills to jump higher online. Some work-but most do not. But the ones that do all have one thing in common-they focus on your EXPLOSIVE muscles.

What are the “explosive” muscles?

They are the “fast twitch” muscles and if any drill doesn’t exercise them then it won’t improve your “hops”.

The reason many programs fail is because they don’t exercise the fast twitch muscles. Here are a few great workout drills that target your fast twitch muscles the best.

Drill To Make You Jump Higher

DRILL #1) Squats

This is one of the best exercises on the planet for increasing your explosiveness. The reason it works so well is that it targets almost your entire body.

But make sure you do it the right way. Many people have seriously injured themselves by doing it the wrong way.

To avoid this I would suggest you do a session with a personal trainer to show you how to do correctly. It might cost a little but it will save you a lot of pain down the road.

DRILL #2) Rim jumping

This is one of the better “plyometric” drills to jump higher out there. All you need is a basketball hoop or something that is hard for you to touch.

A rim is ideal but if you can’t touch the rim than pick something slightly lower-maybe a spot on the net. The important thing is that you pick a target that requires a lot of energy to reach.

Once you have your target, leap up and touch it with one hand. Don’t gather yourself when you come back down–just explode back up and do it again.

Doing a few sets of 8 repetitions for this is great for improving your jumping speed and explosiveness.

Why only 8 reps?

Because when your sets drag on too long you tire and you become less explosive. The only way to improve your vertical leap is by increasing your short term “explosive” muscles-and the only way to do this is to keep your sets short and intense.

Whether your goal is to know how to dunk a basketball… how to jump higher for volleyball… or simply become more explosive… do these drills to jump higher and you will see results shortly.