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Article: Vertical jump equals football success
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- Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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Here's how to take yours higher
Although football season is still a few months away, you're probably in the weight room right now pounding out the sets and reps that you hope will lead to gridiron glory in the fall. But are you doing all the right moves?
A discovery by scientists at California State University, Hayward, will help you home in on the most important exercises for your athletic aspirations. They asked position coaches of a Division I-A football team to rank their players by football-playing ability. Then, all 40 players were put through a variety of strength, speed and power tests. The one factor that best predicted the athletes' football ability was the vertical jump.
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