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May 4, 2007, Newsletter Issue #294: Plyometrics
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Tip of the Week
Speed and strength are integral components of basketball. Simply put, the combination of speed and strength is power. For many years, coaches and players have sought to improve power in order to enhance performance. Increased power helps in your jumping and quickness to be a better rebounder, defender, or finish moves around the basket. Throughout this century and no doubt long before, jumping, bounding and hopping exercises have been used in various ways to enhance basketball performance. In recent years, this distinct method of training for power or explosiveness has been termed plyometrics. This describes the method of training, which seeks to enhance the explosive reaction of the individual through powerful muscular contractions as a result of rapid contractions.
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