Many players tell me the same thing: “I train my jump more than ever, and somehow my jump gets worse.” I’ve been there too. When I was younger, I believed that jumping more automatically meant a higher jump. So I jumped everywhere – before training, after training, at home, even on rest days.
At first it worked. My jump improved, I felt more dynamic and my confidence grew. Then suddenly it stopped. My legs felt heavy, I was slower, my timing was off, and even though I was training harder than ever, my jump actually deteriorated. That was the moment I realized that the problem is not always that you train too little. The problem is often that you train too much and without structure.
Your jump is more than just muscles. Your nervous system, tendons, timing, rhythm and elasticity all play a role. If you force maximum jumps every day, all these systems become overloaded. If your nervous system is tired, your jump is tired. When your tendons are tired, your explosiveness disappears. Most players don’t notice this and simply think they need to push harder when they feel weak. That mentality is a trap.
Once fatigue takes over, stop training explosiveness and start training survival. You no longer teach your body to be fast and reactive. Instead, you teach him how to jump while he is exhausted. Your body adapts perfectly, just not in the way you want.
Another big mistake I see is the poor timing of spring training. Players combine hard leg training, volleyball training, extra jumps after training and competitions on the weekend. That’s not explosive training. That’s fatigue on top of fatigue. Your body never gets the chance to feel fresh, elastic and powerful.
What initially surprised me was seeing how some players jump higher after rest, and not after more training. I’ve seen this many times. We reduce jumping for a short period of time, clean up the technique, focus on recovery and remove unnecessary maximum jumps. Suddenly their jump goes up. The body is the same. Only the timing and recovery are better.
You don’t make your vertical jump just by jumping. Sometimes it’s best to stop forcing things for a while. Improve your approach, your push-off mechanism, your stiffness and how your feet interact with the floor. When technique drains power, jumping more only reinforces bad habits.
Your body always adapts to the signal you give it. If the signal is fatigue, it adapts to fatigue. If the signal is quality and explosiveness, it adapts accordingly. This allows two players to train just as hard, but only one player continues to improve. The difference is in structure, not in effort.
If your jump is stuck, tough, or worse than before, don’t add more training right away. First look at your structure, your fatigue and your recovery. Very often the solution is not to push harder, but to clean things up.
This is exactly how we work within Next-Gen Hitter. We structure the training, decide when to push and when to pull back, and build explosiveness without destroying the body. If your jump feels heavy or stuck, don’t fight your body. Train it smarter and rebuild your explosiveness the right way.
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