Whats going on everyone. In effort to try to provide more information to the public on specific training for athletes I am going to be starting to post 1-2 videos per week on the topic. On the video it says “Athlete Workout Wednesday”. Decided to keep it short with “Athlete Workout, Episode 1”. Be sure to subscribe to the youtube channel to get updates if you’d like, and hope you find these useful!
Today I wanted to share with you my #1 box jump variation that most athletes are not doing. I call this box jump variation the “drop step box jump”. This is because it looks like a basketball player about to throw down a nasty dunk on somebody.
The reason why I am such a fan of this exercises is because after mastering a simple box jump, the prerequisite level for performing this type of box jump or plyometric is fairly low. Now I will always say an athlete should establish a foundational level of strength before performing any type of box jump. But once that is accomplished, this exercise can be progressed to fairly quickly.
Its a nice exercise because it gets that athlete to start utilizing momentum and the stretch shortening cycle by adding in the step. By making it a drop step it will add coordination to the mix. You may notice one side easier or more explosive than the other. Finally by opening the hip and rotating the leg it will bias more hip rotation and load the hip greater for a more explosive exercise.