Volleyball is about how high you can jump. If you can jump higher than everyone else, you’ll get more sets and that translates into more kills and more wins for your team. If you want to be the star of your volleyball team, you must learn to jump higher by doing plyometric exercises designed for volleyball. There are many workouts to jump higher, but you have to be able to spot the scams from the real deal. I’ll give you some tips on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to vertical jump programs.

A plyometric volleyball workout should focus on jumping with both feet. There’s no use in training to hop on one foot if you’re never going to hop on one foot in a game. However, many coaches train their players with all kinds of single leg jumps because they are not experts in jump training. Do not fall into this trap, avoid jumping with one leg.

You should also be aware that you want to jump higher and not just be able to jump forever. This sounds like common sense, but it isn’t for most people. There are some programs that will make you do hundreds of repetitions of some exercises and this will not increase anything except your endurance.

Be sure to do high-intensity workouts, like cleans and high plyo box jumps. Stay away from sub-maximal, high-rep workouts.