Article: Effects of maximal squat exercise testing on vertical jump performance In American college football players.(Letter to Editor)

Article: Anthropometric factors affecting vertical jump ...
Journal of Dance Medicine & Science;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... series of tests that included two footed vertical jump height, single leg vertical jump height and anthropometric measurements. Supplemental ... MANOVA) indicated males had a greater vertical jump height than females (p < 0.01) and soloist ...

Article: Parameters that influence vertical jump ...
The Sport Journal;  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Parameters That Influence Vertical Jump Height Jumping is a simple plyometric ... how the rebound height of a vertical jump was related to drop height ... strength is highly correlated to vertical jump height. 2. Stronger athletes achieve ...

Article: Three different methods of calculating vertical ...
Measurement in Physical Education & Exercise Science;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... different methods to calculate vertical jump height in men and women. Fifty men ... Three methods of calculating jump height were used: (1) time in the ... of uniform acceleration: TIA jump height = 1/2 g[(t/2).sup ...

Article: The Effect of Spatial and Temporal Instructional Cues on the ...
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... the goal was to increase vertical jump height through decreased joint range ... were conducted on maximum vertical jump height, spatial variables (i ... without adversely affecting vertical jump height. There also are instances ...

Article: Using Principal Components Analysis to Identify Individual ...
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... sports, assessment The standing vertical jump has been used by physical education ... Several investigators have used the vertical jump as an experimental paradigm to evaluate ... 1986). However, the validity of the vertical jump as a measure of muscular strength of ...

Article: Optimal coordination of maximal-effort horizontal and ...
BioMedical Engineering OnLine;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 5], which utilized various forms of vertical jump motions as the subject. There are several major reasons why vertical jump motions have been studied so frequently. One of them is that vertical jump motions are frequently performed in sports ...

Article: Vertical jump equals football success
Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... athletes' football ability was the vertical jump. In light of that finding, the researchers ... power exercises to help increase your vertical jump: Power squat. Drop down to the same ... you would just before takeoff into a vertical jump. Set the safety pins of a power rack ...