In our last video segment, we introduced strength and power development. Today, we're going to specifically take a look at apply metric training movement.
Now, you're articles cover the demand and expectations that come from using these exercises in your program. So today I want to take a look at a specific example of the type of introductory ply metric movement you should be using with your athletes. This movement will teach balance, stability, and coordination as well as strength and power.
You'll find that athletes have a tough time simply sticking each landing. So if you're using for complicated single and alternating leg bounds with your athletes, the drills you see in the background right now but you have yet to teach them how to master the simple movements I'm about to show you.
Not only are you delaying your progress, but you're setting them up for a devastating injury so it is critical that with plyos like with everything else you do, that you progress from simple to complex in each movement.
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The goal of this drill is to land softly with each jump, stabilizing, regaining your balance before you move onto the next repetition. As you can see this athlete drops down fairly low with each repetition to make sure that he absorbs each landing with his muscles.
Once you master the stabilization, you can increase the pace and intensity of this drill by hopping at a faster pace.
This is the same as the original drill except this time we'll be moving laterally instead of in a linear direction. Touch jumps are a vertical ply up.