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Want to know how to jump higher for volleyball? It’s not that hard, actually. First you need to know the right way to train.

Most athletes completely screw this up. Here are 3 guidelines to remember:

GUIDELINE #1) You MUST train each stage of power development

Jumping is a POWER motion-and power equals force times velocity. Increasing either one or both is how to generate more power. Everybody knows that–nothing new here. But what most people DO NOT know is that there are 5 stages of power development-and each has to be trained separately to maximize your ability.

What are the 5 areas?

They are, in order: starting acceleration, progressive acceleration, power output, stability and re-coordination. Now, there are “vertical leap specific” exercises for each that are the most effective. But those are out of the scope of this article–the most important is HOW you perform each exercise.

GUIDELINE #2) NEVER, ever, ever train to failure

This is one of the KILLERS of the vertical leap. I see it all the time-athletes thinking that the LONGER they train for… and the more reps they do… the higher they will jump for volleyball or any sport.