Looking For Exercises To Increase Vertical Leap?

It is incredible how many people come up to me day after day talking about how much their vertical (or lack of) affects their game. They say "if i could jump higher I would be able to dunk." Or "If i had a higher vertical leap i would be able to dominate the court." It is when people make statements like that I realize the world really knows nothing about the human body or how it works. Bottom line is if you have legs there is nothing stopping you from jumping high. The only thing that you need to do is learn how to train your legs to jump high. Once you do there is nothing stopping you from being able to dominate the court and grab every rebound no matter where you are. So what are the best ways to train your legs to jump high? the answer is through a combination of weight training and plyometrics. We will be talking about squats, deadlifts, and depth jumps in this article because those are the best exercises to train your legs.

The Squat-What if i told you there is a magic pill that will instantly make you jump higher? Well there might not be a pill but there is an exercise that will make you jump higher almost instantly. Squats are by far the best exercises to increase your vertical leap because they increase your strength to weight ratio like no other exercise could. If i had to choose one best exercise to increase vertical leap this would be it. If you are not squatting you need to start today!

Deadlift-This is a good exercise because if done properly, it hits the hips harder than most exercises can. It will also help your squat improve, and from what i just told you, you already know the higher your squat is the higher your vertical jump will be.

Depth Jump-This is by far the best plyometric to increase your vertical jump because it tricks your mind into thinking your body weighs more than it actually does, cool huh?