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🎙️ New Podcast Summary 🎙️ Jump training and the importance of “deep tier” jumps with Matt “Jump training isn’t just about how high you can get off the ground. It’s about how well you can use the ground beneath you” sportsmith.co/articles/jump-…

Benefits of Deep Tier Jumps 1. Better brakes✅ 2. More movement strategies✅ 3. Access deeper ranges of motion on the field✅ 4. More efficient movement✅ Love putting them into the warm up or developmental period of the lift to really match the theme of our agility/change

Achilles and Patellar Tendons podcast with Gaspar Epro Answers to questions I’ve had for years jackedathlete.com/podcast-150-te…

You’d be much healthier walking 20k steps and eating the 3 Oreos than you would be skipping the Oreos and not walking 20k. (Math is wrong anyway)

pendulum has swung too far! impossible to go a day w/out a post on ankle stiffness/holds w/athlete on balls of foot + heel up. Not saying it’s wrong- rehab, pain reduction, occasional tissue stress-I get it. It’s not really how we function though. Let’s think this through

STIFF vs COMPLIANT: Muscle-Tendon Complex Insights Stiffness gets a bad rep sometimes. But in sports performance, it’s not about being tight — it’s about being springy. At the right time, stiff muscles improve reactivity by playing their role in the muscle-tendon complex (MTC).

"Death is undefeated, but I'll take it to three overtimes. That's strength." Houston strength coach Kurt Hester was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma. Six months later, he may have lost his hair, but not his indomitable spirit. More from Jen Lada:

🚦 Reactive Strength Quadrant (RSQ) Not all jumpers are built the same—and not all RSI scores tell the full story. The RSQ plots Jump Height vs. Ground Contact Time, helping coaches and athletes SEE how they produce force—not just how much. 🔵 High Reactivity: Quick + explosive

Get a portable system just in time for basketball season to track weekly readiness and KPI's for your players. Hit us up to learn more about the best force plate alternative on the market. #SportsTech #KPITracking #AthleteReadiness #BasketballTraining #SportsScience

How do Switch Mats Compare to Force Plates for assessing Lower Body Power? By focusing on flight time and contact time, switch mats like Plyomat can reliably quantify lower body power: the primary outcome of countermovement jump (CMJ) testing. While force plates provide

🔥LET ATHLETES BE ATHLETES🔥 General Physical Preparedness day for the Throwers Be an athlete and do a flying somersault Be strong and Zercher Carry 500 lbs for 20 yards Being robust as an athlete only comes through stress Stress doesn't have to mean weights, it can look

Tendon Development: 1) Childhood. Tendons are mostly built from millions of strains at ages 0-17. 2) Habitual use. Lead leg patellar tendons in badminton players and fencers are 1.25 bigger and stiffer than rear leg patellar tendons. 3) Lifting. Straining a tendon with

Jump Metrics Predict Sprint Performance Across 400+ data points from athletes in grades 5–12, we found strong negative correlations between a variety of jump metrics and 40-yard dash times. Metrics like mRSI, 5-Hop RSI, and takeoff velocity all showed consistent relationships

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11.3.25 = Meet Plyomat Controller 3.0 Our biggest release since launching in 2021. This is a complete redesign from the inside out. Now featuring a full LCD display showing: - Flight Time - Contact Time - Jump Height - RSI (Reactive Strength Index) A new rugged, compact build

Reactive strength is measurable, programmable, and trainable when you know what to look for. In our latest blog, Matt breaks down how to use your 10/5 RSI test to guide exactly what kind of plyometric work your athletes need through the Plus Plyos Tier System 👇 📊 Step 1: Test

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It has been decided! Hop - unilateral Bound - alternating Leap - bilateral Skip - hop/step Gallop - step/bound

Did you know every Plyomat purchase comes with full access to the Jump Mat Course? It’s the only course ever built specifically for switch-mat tech, created by Teofe Ziemnicki (former Director of Sports Science & Data Analytics at Yale) who is the current Head of Sport Science