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Article & Video Discussion / Gerald Green head over rim analysis
« on: December 04, 2012, 11:44:54 am »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaI8DsdGcgA


I was bored a couple of days ago and posted this.  It is really interesting... I think, how quickly he gets to his forefoot in the concentric phase of the takeoff.  I feel it has to do with his body setting an optimal firing length for the gastroc/achilles complex in regards to the total jump.  Stay flat footed and you loose the final punch of the calves at the end of takeoff.  I would imagine an athlete with a VERY good nervous system such as Green does this naturally... but maybe the rest of us mere mortals just don't pick up on it?  Seems like some other really good dunkers like T-Dub jump like this as well. 

What do you guys think?  Should we all start doing "burnouts" from Air Alert again?  Am I just crazy? ;)


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Article & Video Discussion / Kettlebell Swing Science
« on: July 27, 2012, 03:03:07 pm »
Hey everyone,

I just finished a great article on the science of Kettlebell swings which you can find below

http://www.just-fly-sports.com/1/post/2012/07/eccentric-overloading-methods-for-jumpers-kettlebell-swings-part-i.html#.UBK9vrRQ6Ag

With studies out there that have shown kettlebell snatches to be 3x as effective as plyometrics and anecdotal experiences of 3" vertical gains in 45 minutes, this is a great topic and a great read.

I would love to hear your comments, questions or experiences with this type of work.  It has added a great new element to my own training this summer.

Joel

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Article & Video Discussion / Russian Plyometric Compilation
« on: June 28, 2012, 01:45:38 pm »
For those of you who like high jump/plyos/eastern bloc training, I have put together a video compiling a lot of Russian methods.  Thanks to caspar7b who put the original full length video up. 

The video is at the bottom of the article.

http://www.just-fly-sports.com/1/post/2012/06/high-jump-top-performances-of-all-time-and-training-video.html

I have been talking with a Russian high jump coach over the last year, and they do some crazy volume related work in their training, hopefully I'll have an article about that sometime soon as well.

Joel

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Article & Video Discussion / The effect of basketball season on vertical/power
« on: April 13, 2012, 02:04:44 pm »
Hey guys, I wrote this article mostly in reference to high jumpers in track and field, but you may find it interesting!

http://justflyperformance.blogspot.com/2012/04/good-and-bad-of-basketball-season-for.html#!/


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Article & Video Discussion / Vertical Jumping Article
« on: March 24, 2012, 08:24:19 am »
Hey guys,

I haven't posted in forever, but I think you may like my new article:
http://justflyperformance.blogspot.com/2012/03/30-commandments-of-vertical-jump.html

Even if you don't learn all that much from it (or maybe you will), it is worth a few laughs, and I had fun writing it.  Tell me what you think!

Joel

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Pics, Videos, & Links / 80lb Pistols (not quite pistols though)
« on: September 16, 2011, 08:48:40 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji00tONBmZE&feature=channel_video_title

Working towards 100 for reps! My regular squat still sucks though.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Future high jump world record holder
« on: August 17, 2011, 10:51:41 am »
Mutaz Barshim who just turned 20.....

7'8.5 in this video, won't be long until he is making 7'10.5"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKMTzabiy-A

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Pics, Videos, & Links / 40 Inch vertical off two feet
« on: June 27, 2011, 10:32:14 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NR080anQko

Yeahhhhh.  And then I popped my SI joint on one of my last sets of cleans.  260x2 would have been cake too.


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Pics, Videos, & Links / Heavy snatch misses from today
« on: June 23, 2011, 05:44:50 pm »
Closing in on my goal of 225 at 180lbs bodyweight :)

If any of you weightlifting guru's out there want to help me find a way to hit the lift a little more centered at the bottom, please let me know!  I smoked 195 before these two attempts. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaZACZotMEs

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Hurdle Depth Jump
« on: June 21, 2011, 07:54:38 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1rfTfJ7iDg

Hurdle Depth Jump session today, had some pretty good air over a 52" hurdle jumping off a 30" box.  I could feel the ground contact time was a bit high though.  Working hard to get back up to 40" running vertical off 2 feet!


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Introduce Yourself / It's been a while, but glad to be back
« on: June 19, 2011, 11:25:54 pm »
Hey I am back! It's funny what happens when you disappear for three years.  Great site Andrew!

Oh yeah, and I have been gone because coaching track has consumed my life for the past 3 years, but I have the summer off and am spending some time building my youtube/making a website and whatnot, and writing a book. 

I managed to coach the national runner up in high jump this past year, pretty cool.  I am kind of exited to run through this site and see what is the new rage in the world of training, haha.  See how many of you have still been improving since I was last on :)


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