How can I visibly improve my jumping in short time?
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Use a weighted belt and along with a weighted jump rope.  Or use a weighted belt and regular jump rope.  ...results come fast.
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stretch become more flexable, make you leg muscels stronger to add height to your jumps, and learn some tumbling like cartwheels and round offs stuff like that
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I was in your shoes 3 years ago. I needed to develop my vert. What helped me? Your local athletic store...or on eastbay.com sells this show that makes you walk on your tippy toes and play ball on your tippy toes. This may seem stupid but it helped me soo much! By standing on your toes for long periods of time, it builds the muslce necessary to increase your verticle leap. On days you dont use the shoes, do repetitive jumping. That will help you build your quads. Your quads is 1/4 of the contributor to your leap. But those shoes are sooo crucial. Best of luck! I think this should help you!
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jump higher than what?
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Set up several sturdy wooden boxes of varying heights. Jump onto the lowest, then off, then onto the next highest, and so on, without resting in between jumps. This also works with hurdles.
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For speed, do calf raises. All you need to do is stand on stairs with your heels dangling off the edge. Do 3 sets, starting at 25 a set and working your way to 50. This will also improve your quickness and jumping. \n\nFor balance, try doing squats and situps. Situps will improve your core strength and help stabilize you.\n\nFor hand eye coordination practice playing catch.\n\nAnother fun way to do all of these at once is to play tennis. Even without a partner, hitting against a wall will improve all three areas.\n\nGood luck.
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Back in the day, i bought this program on how to reach a vertical leap of 12-48 inches higher..guaranteed. Here's what the first week looked like in the program.\n\nJump as fast as you can..basically bouncing on ur toes for 1 minute straight.\n\nJump as hard as you can..and as high as you can 20 times.\n\nDo lunges 30 reps\n\nThen on the 8th week, it looked like this..bounce on ur toes for 10 minutes straight as fast as you can\n\nJump as hard as you can 200times! 40 reps in sets of 5.\n\n300 Lunges..10 sets of 30.\n\nI made it up to the 8th week! But the program was 12weeks.\n\nI did add a foot and a half to my vertical leap. Before I could grab the middle of the net..now i can dunk! n im only 5'10.\n\nDo lots of Jumping excercises..power excercises..such as powerful jumping like i explained. n increase every week or two. ur muscles get used to that, and it teaches ur muscles what muscles to use for when you want to jump high.\n\nIt worked for me, just do lots of Jumping excercises. The power will come from your thighs/hamstring/butt/and calves.
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You might want a take a look  at the article on  http://www.ehow.com/how_5634_increase-vertical-leap.html
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Understand that your muscles do have a limit; but that you can maximize your potential as you properly train, condition, and push yourself. \nFocus on building your calf muscles and quad muscles in your legs. These are the primary jumping muscles. \nStart small. When you choose a workout and get started, one of the most common problems is to overdo your first workout and you'll hardly be able to walk the next three days. Start small, and work your way up. It is much better in the long run. \nExercise during normal activities. You don't have to make a big deal of it. focus on using those muscles as much as possible during everyday life. Walk with a toe-heel style, instead of flat-footed. You'll notice a huge difference right away. \nDo exercises to improve jumping:\n\nMini hops: jump a little off the ground, over and over without hopping. Jump rope is great for this. \nSquats - these help to stretch and strengthen at the same time. \nCalf raises - these are a major work out. They don't seem too hard, but if done thoroughly, they can make you unable to walk for a few days. Start with just a few dozen, then as you feel capable, add more and more. It is not uncommon to do 200+ when you are in great shape. Do both feet at the same time to start, then as you are able, balance on one foot and do them with all your body weight for maximum effect. \nWalk or run on tip toes for 30 minutes. \nStand in 1 spot on tip toes for 5 minutes. \nStart stretching at least 3 times a week, working mostly on the hamstrings, quads, hip-flexors and glutes. Simply use a towel to stretch your given limb to its comfortable limit for 10 seconds, then from the same angle pull/contract against the stretch for 10 seconds, relax and go back into the stretch. You should be able to easily improve range of motion, as this type of stretch tricks the body into giving up more flexibility! Repeat this sequence again one more time at the improved range. Stretch only after your work-outs, as research indicates stretching before an event or work-out actually decreases power output. \nSuck in your stomach with a deep breath; try to imagine sucking into the spine. Hold this position for 20 seconds. repeat 4 more times. Do these 3-4 times a week to reap the performance rewards and the appearance of a slimmer waist, as the internal organs wont sag! This builds up the transverse abdominal wall. \nTry walking around on your heels without letting the ball of your foot touch the floor. This will help to strengthen the tibalis anterior (commonly referred to as dorsi-flexors). \nGet a small jogging trampoline; if not a makeshift ramp about 6ft. in length may do. Next you need a target that you jump at, like a basketball hoop. What you do is place the trampoline 1-2 strides away from the goal, run and make your last step before you plant to jump a stride off the tramp (note: you're not doing actual jumps off the mini tramp). This will overspeed your run just before the actual take-off, making your legs jump quicker as well! When done correctly, you will make a noticeably higher leap! This is what you will gain when you teach your muscles to move faster through the jump. \nLoad your body with some weight before jumping, like jumping with a medicine ball. What happens is that your body will recruit more motor units in the working muscles, allowing the work to seem much easier when you don't have the weight, because you are now using more of them! \nYou can also try the "unloading jump". Grab a pair of 10lb dumbbells (or any weight), hold them at waist level, quick step up to the rim to do a rim jump (counter movement jump); at the peak of crouch just before you would take off for the rim, drop the weights and blast off. The science behind this method is that when you load the eccentric contraction with more weight than the concentric (jump), you will be able to create more force. One set of 5-10 reps with this new drill will give instant as well as
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A great way to increase jumping ability is to lift. Squats and calf raises are the best for jumping. Start out slow and work for power. Once you get that down, work on speed. Do the same lifts, only faster. This helps your leg muscles to work more quickly. You don't want to work on jumping as much because it weakens your legs. Do more with weights to work out your legs and become more powerful. A great magazine to check out is called Stack. It can answer many of your athletic questions.
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practice and eventually you'll become faster
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you can jump with weights in your hands, jump on a trampoline and then jump on the ground, and try jumping up to a point that you can't reach about 30 times a day and after about a 2 weeks you will be able to touch that spot depending on how far from your reach it is.
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Align your feet with one in front of you and one behind you. Bounce back and from foot to foot, with a rocking motion.\n\nMake sense?? It is easier demonstrated.
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Here's a good webpage to help you with your jumps. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/8339/jumps.html
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jump rope\nstairs\nrun 50 yard sprints\n\nand you will see a big change
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Do power jumps. Setup a few levels that total in height 3 to 4 feet. Then in each hand hold 5 pound weights and jump on top of these levels, then step down. Repeat this for about 30 minutes. Next, go to the gym and work on your calf muscles. Using the calf machine will make your calves stronger. Don't over do it, you want to have lean muscles, not heavy. Then go the machine that works out your legs. I ts the one where you lay on your back and you lift the weights with just your legs and feet. The goal is to get explosive jumping. If you can beat a guy to the rim by jumping faster, then it doesn't matter how high he jumps.\n\nHave fun.
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Jump with extra weight