what are some good drills/exercises to increase the?
what are some good drills/exercises to increase the jump of the defensive players
Hi Shirley I have been getting my ladies to do some plyometrics exercise. If you look on utube under "plyometrics" you will see some exercises for better jumping. Good luck
one drill and exercise is skipping from time to time. this is 1 good way of gettting players to get their feet off the ground. high jumps and knee high warm ups is another good one.
As part of warm-up I get players in pairs. One player stands a metre in from the netball fence or wall and the other player throws firm high balls over their head, so they have to really leap to touch/catch the ball. This has helped my teams leaping. Also we use rubber bungee cords attached to a belt around a players waist. 2 players stand on a cord - one each side of the jumping player, and the jumper bounces on a mini trampoline. it adds resistence and builds strength.
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