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2004/03/01, 07:16 PM
Side to side skate hops, for one. push off like you are skating and tuck your knee up and in on to the other leg, then reverse, try for height.
Add plyometrics in gradually, one set, once a week at first - they are hard on joints and it takes time to adapt.
Squat jumpps are good too, sit in to a squat and then push up out of it like you are shooting a basket, land back into the squat.
The hardest thing about plyo is learning to land. Practice just jumping in place and landing as softly/queitly as you can. It is like trying to decelerate. Land on your toes and roll back onto the rest of your feet. Absorb shock with your abs and legs by staying flexible. Use your arms to gather power for the moves.
Try looing up plyometrics on the web- there must be some sites devoted to it.
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