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Stair jumps are a versatile and impactful plyometric exercise with a key advantage—accessibility. Unlike specialized gym equipment, stairs are available in most stadiums, bleacher stands, or even common areas like schools, parks, or gyms. Whether you're outdoors on public stairs or using a staircase at home, stair jumps are an easy-to-access way to enhance your training.

In this overview, we dive into the mechanics, benefits, and applications of pogo hops, demonstrating how they can transform athletic capabilities by increasing speed and agility. We'll also explore how to incorporate pogo hops with various tools and variations to maximize their effectiveness.

As a kid I used to love swinging on the school yard swings. I’d try to see how high I could get myself to swing. Being young and in elementary school, I felt like I was super high.

Being quite the risk taker and wanting to have the feeling of flying, I’d jump off the swing at its highest point when recess ended. The momentum of the swing would launch me higher into the air and I’d come crashing down to the ground with extreme forces, landing with both legs.

I didn’t know it at the time, but this was one of my initial experiences with plyometrics and depth jumps.

You need to understand the proper mechanics of jumping. You need to know how to do a countermovement. You need to know how to use your arms to jump.........

We went down and visited Ben Patrick, Knees Over Toes Guy, and we tried to figure out his secrets that we can use to improve sports performance, recovery....

When training for the vertical jump we want to increase our power production and our rate of coordination. Doing this, we have to think about ...

Skill position football players need to be explosive. On the field performance is highly dependent on how fast athletic tasks can be performed...

  4 Plyometrics for Vertical Ju...

Improvement of different training qualities is the most intriguing part behind coaching (in my opinion).  I enjoy studying psychology behind training and motivation and technique and learning new movements but I truly enjoy analyzing the best way to improve various qualities at one time.  Such qualities might be: speed, strength, conditioning and skill.  It is important to analyze each quality, place a value upon each quality and the importance each modality has on the athlete’s success in their given sport.