Vertical Leap??

Question

I am 14 years old on the volleyball team, and i need some ways or drills that i can do by myself to increase my vertical leap. any suggestions?

Answer 1

During volleyball tryouts, we had to do this vertical tests where we jumped up and down on the wall and there was a ruler measuring us each time. Tape a ruler or a yard stick to your wall and practice everyday. Eventually, your jump will increase, but the main thing you have to focus on is not jumping forwards or backwards. Try to keep the same motion every time. Start off slowly jumping up and down till you get the hang of it, then gradually increase your speed. Good Luck and I hope you increase your vertical leap!

Answer 2

I went from a 19 inch vertical to a 35 inch vertical. (in a 5 year span) I took weight training in high school and worked alot on my legs. Squats, power cleans, and snatches are the three best things you can do for a vertical. Don't do long distant running, that will only hurt it. Rather do lots of sprints, the key is to be explosive. Jump rope, jump over cones/hurdles, and find wooden boxes or a small wall (2 to 3 ft high) and jump onto it. There are a lot of other things, but the things I have suggested don't cost any money and can do pretty much anywhere.

Answer 3

First you need to figure out what you are lacking, base strength, transitional power, or explosiveness, they are all different and must be trained in different ways. You can figure this out by completing a full vertical jump test progression, and baseline fitness testing to diagnose muscle imbalances. If you lacking explosiveness you may want to start a plyometric workout routine, transitional power tempo weight workouts, base strength start an olympic lifting routine Jumpsoles work but cause muscular imbalances that will surface later as pulled hamstrings strained quads etc"... Need more training advice? Visit my website or message board at:

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Answer 4

if you really want to workout you jumps, right now you should be working on how much you can squat. before you work on your vertical you should be able to squat  1.5 your own weight to reduce the chance of injury to your knees. but good work out to increase your verticl would be box jumps, jump-roping, and if you can afford them jump soles. i used them for 2 weeks and i increased my verticle enough to touch the rim and im a 6 foot 2 girl.

Answer 5

Really all you do is jump. Stand aggents the wall and mark the hight of the net with a small pencil mark.

Answer 6

practice in front of the net every practice blocking without jumping into the net. being able to jump straight up instead of a little bit forward will help increase your height. if u jump into the net then you kno your jumping a little bit forward.