Volleyball jump training workouts will increase your vertical leap through plyometric exercises.
The great thing about volleyball is that you never have to jump while holding a ball like you do in basketball.
This is beneficial because you can add inches to your vertical leap with a good arm swing.
You arms should stay as straight as possible and go back behind you far as possible in order to help you the most.
Lets look at some plyometric exercises you can do for volleyball.
Plyos are all about how fast you can jump on something in a certain amount of time.
- Box Jumps- Get a box that is at a height that is fairly difficult to jump on.
You will time yourself and see how many time you can jump onto that box in 10 seconds.
You might be thinking that 10 seconds is a very short time.
But if you feel that it's too easy you can either try to go faster and get one more rep in that 10 seconds or raise the height.
The reason you are only doing it for ten seconds is because you want to train speed and explosiveness and not endurance.
- Ball Throws- These are great because you will be using a weighted medicine ball.
You will stand near a wall and squat with ball, then jump up and throw the ball as high on the wall as your can.
Only do 10 but do them as high as possible and focus on jumping as high as you can.