Yesterday I thought I would do some squat-jumps for starting block practice. Is this a good exercise? I only did 3 x 10 but today my legs feel like jelly. What other land exercises can anyone reccommend to better that reaction time and lengthen that distance off the blocks?
Syd
Yesterday I thought I would do some squat-jumps for starting block practice. Is this a good exercise? I only did 3 x 10 but today my legs feel like jelly. What other land exercises can anyone reccommend to better that reaction time and lengthen that distance off the blocks?
Syd
This is a good exercise. You probably want to add weights over time. It will also really help you explode off of the wall on your turns.
You might also try standing long jumps to increase distance.
As for reaction time, there's nothing like having someone give you a "take your mark... go!" We used to play a game for this where the starter would have us take our marks and then say "go!" or "stand up..." randomly.
Yesterday I thought I would do some squat-jumps for starting block practice. Is this a good exercise? I only did 3 x 10 but today my legs feel like jelly. What other land exercises can anyone reccommend to better that reaction time and lengthen that distance off the blocks?
Syd
This is a good exercise. You probably want to add weights over time. It will also really help you explode off of the wall on your turns.
You might also try standing long jumps to increase distance.
As for reaction time, there's nothing like having someone give you a "take your mark... go!" We used to play a game for this where the starter would have us take our marks and then say "go!" or "stand up..." randomly.
