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""If coaches want to learn to utilize plyometric training properly, then there's no one better to learn from than Don Chu. This book is a must for your library.""
Al Vermeil
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""Dr. Chu has put together all the information on plyometrics necessary to benefit any athlete. He has successfully provided a way for athletes to come closer to reaching their potential.""
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First practiced by the dominant Eastern Bloc athletes of the 1970s, today plyometrics has become a mainstream form of training used by serious athletes around the world. The reason is that plyometrics offers athletes at all levels a proven, straightforward way to enhance their athletic abilities and to get an edge on the competition.
This second edition of Jumping Into Plyometrics presents 100 illustrated plyometric exercises in seven categories:
- Jumps-in-place
- Standing jumps
- Multiple jumps
- Box drills
- Depth jumps
- Bounding
- Medicine ball exercises
Excellent for both recreational and elite athletes, the exercises can be used to improve quickness, speed, and jumping ability while also helping to develop better coordination, body control, and balance.
This edition includes the latest research on plyometric training, a new layout with a much-improved format for drills, and sidebars on star athletes who have benefited from plyometrics. Plus, author Donald Chu--who has worked as a consultant for the United States Tennis Association and for teams in the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and the National Basketball Association--gives you instructions and examples of how to choose from the wide selection of exercises to build the ideal plyometric training program for your chosen sport.
The Jumping Into Plyometrics Video then shows your athletes how to perform 21 core exercises found in the book. Using slow motion, freeze frames, and graphics, the video demonstrates, in detail, how each exercise is executed. It also explains techniques for adjusting the intensity levels to make the exercises appropriate for any caliber of athlete.
Sport-specific applications and objectives are provided for each exercise so you can use plyometrics for training regimens in a wide variety of sports. Accompanying the video is a guide that describes practical tests for assessing athletes' skill levels and a reproducible chart for monitoring progress.
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Plyometrics is the term now applied to exercises that have their roots in Europe, where they were first known simply as "jump training." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alternate bounding, inverted leg presses, combination bounding, plyometric training program, stadium hops, double arm action, hexagon drill, ankle hop, depth jump, lateral cone hops, double arm swing, rim jumps, standing triple jump, amortization phase, lactic acid threshold, creatine phosphate system, medicine ball work, plyometric program, split squat, parallel squats, plyometric drills, plyometric exercises, overhead throw, eccentric strength, toes close Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Start Stand, Action Jump, Action Step, Equipment None, Split Squat With Cycle, Action Push, Action Using, Single Leg Push-Off, Zigzag Drill, Alternate Bounding With Single Arm Action, Equipment Two, Action Keeping, Equipment Three, Front Box Jump, Pyramiding Box Hops, Repeat Day, United States, Action Squat, Repeat Tuesday New!
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