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Increase Vertical Leap and Improve Jumping Ability with Plyometrics

Plyometric Exercises to Make You Jump Higher and Further

Dynamic stretching exercises increase jumping ability

Basketball Warm-ups to Increase Vertical Leap

Prevent Ankle Injuries

A simple way to predict ankle risk

Half-time nutrition – what’s best for maximising fulltime performance?

Half-Time Training for Team Sports

Sports News: Aquatic Plyometrics

The Benefits of Aquatic Plyometrics

agility

Agility: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: sport-specific drills for boosting agility

periodisation models

Periodisation models: sport-specific requirements for skill acquisition and competition readiness

sports science

Sports science: What have the sport scientists done for us? Craig Sharp on the interface between knowledge and performance

sports vision training

Sports vision - How enhancing your vision can give you that extra edge in competition

How Good is the 'Bod Pod'?

Body Composition - Fat Measurement: How Good is the 'Bod Pod'?

Osteoporosis in athletes: how female distance runners are at risk

Osteoporosis - female athletes distance running injuries : why distance running can be bad for bones

Leg strengthening exercises

Leg strengthening exercises - These one-leg strengthening exercises spell greater power, but you have to do them fast!

Fitness programmes

How to design a sports-specific fitness programme

fitness program

Fitness program - How to design a sports-specific fitness program

medicine ball training workouts

Medicine ball training workouts: Does medicine ball training really work?

Shin splints 1

Shin splints: These exercises will help to strengthen your lower legs, and prevent or repair shin splint problems

Conditioning

Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.

Biological clocks

Biological clock-watching can give your performance an extra boost.

creatine facts

Creatine facts: The latest research results are all good - and don't believe the rumour that it causes cramp.

vision in sport

Vision In Sport: A guide to improving performance by training the eyes.

running foot injuries - plantar fasciitis

Running Foot Injuries - Describing plantar fasciitis is easy: It's simply an inflammation of the fascia on the bottom of the foot. Getting rid of plantar fasciitis is hard

Sports injury avoidance

Sports Injury Avoidance: Like most athletes, you undoubtedly want to lower your chances of incurring an injury while participating in your favourite sport. Injuries decrease the amount of time you can spend in leisure activities, lower your fitness, downgrade competitive performances, and can lead to long-term health problems such as arthritis and/or joint stiffness.

Anterior cruciate ligament (acl) injuries, treatment, training and surgery

Complete tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - the key ligament which bonds together the upper and lower parts of the leg at the knee - account for more than two-thirds of all knee injuries in skiers and are fairly common in other sports as well.

Reading the game

Reading The Game: While lesser mortals grind out victories with their patient shots, eliminating risks and playing the percentages, the truly gifted seem to conjure with time. They bring an unhurried genius to their game that allows them to play shots with an audacity that sometimes surprises even them.