Not to take it offtopic but im fascinated by the Masaii jump. Any thoughts on adding it into one's training?
basically stiff leg pogo hops, one of the most highly recommended reactive exercises on this forum
pogos are incredible.. even more so than double leg bounds, MR tucks etc. They train "elastic qualities" obviously but i've always felt like they just improve triple extension better than any other exercise .. so if you want that "flick of the wrist" of a jump shot effect for your ankles, pogos are your exercise.
you basically try to keep your legs "locked" upon landing and flick yourself back up .. you can actually do this submaximally to start & it still provides a great training effect. It's easier to keep your legs locked when going submaximal. As you get higher, you'll have a little bit of bend upon landing which is fine. These Maasai jumpers allow more knee bend. If you notice they hardly have any arm swing either.
during my peak RVJ I felt like I could get near 30" or so off the ground on these, maybe even more .. here's a video of me doing them, but not at that level:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ITzUbZzMkhere's two more videos of the same Maasai jumper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCr6MYZCh2Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leoi2NytGUIvery serious bounce..