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By Bruce
Bentley
What sport
has the best
jumpers in the
world?
Beach
volleyball
does!
It's not your
typical indoor
6 on 6
volleyball.
These athletes
can move,
there aren't
some that just
come in to
pass balls and
then rotate
out.
Each player
has to be able
to do
everything
from passing,
setting,
serving and
hitting.
Why are they
the best
jumpers in the
world?
Because of
the difficulty
of jumping
out of sand
combined with
the number of
times they
have to
jump.
Let's the
Olympic player
phil
dalhausser for
example.
Everytime he
serves the
ball he does a
jump
serve.
He also blocks
for every
play, so when
he serves he
will be
jumping at
least twice
for that one
point.
They play best
of three games
and go to 21
the first 2
and then to 15
on the
third.
If they are
all pretty
close games
that will mean
that he will
jump about 110
times against
one
team.
They play up
to 4 teams in
a day which
means 440
jumps out of
deep sand and
as high as he
can every
time.
So how can I
jump higher
for beach
volleyball?
You need to
first work on
your leg
strength.
Do squats and
other leg
lifts with
weights until
you are
comfortable
with squatting
1.5 times your
body weight.
Once you have
the strength
you will then
focus on doing
plyometric
exercises.
These will
consist of
fast bounding
movements such
as jumping
onto
boxes.
Try to do at
least half of
your workouts
in the sand
because that
will relate to
your game
better.
Check out the
[http://plyometricexerciseshowtojumphigher.com]Jump
Manual by
Clicking Here!
Read here for
a
[http://howtojumphigherplyometricexercises.com/review-of-vertical-jump-programs]review
of vertical
jump programs.
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