Plyomax: Bosu jump squats

Bosu jump squats Chris K (University hockey player)

Abs should be flexed before and when executing the jump to maintain balance and legs should be wide and butt low on landing to reduce bosu instability. DO NOT jump to the next Bosu until you are stable and are flexed. Use arms for height and land on toes before heels. This routine works your quads, glutes, hamstrings, and trains balance, control of movement and agility.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Plyometrics
• balance
• stability
• control
• abdominals

[grambo22]

I'm with you, problem is hockey is played on a solid surface (ice), there is instability in terms of being hit by other players, but this has zero functional crossover. He would be better served spending time on working box jumps (both height and high rep @ 24inch), squatting heavy, olympic lifting. This bosu crap is a waste of time and risky from a training injury perspective (rolled ankles, knees caving in etc).

[grambo22]

Pause at 11 seconds, does that look like a safe position for ankles and knees? If I was the coach of a college/semi-pro/pro team and I saw my athletes risking injuries like that I would be livid.

I would argue you better gain the ability to generate power in athletics from heavy weight training (squats, deads) and power work (oly lifting, box jumps, sprinting) - which all have training risks, but not excessive.

[iwanttofight69]

swhat gym is this

[BreaksWax]

this is just plain poop pu, ca ca!

[billysue2]

@fangmama63 every trainer should be aware of the research that proves unstable training allows for less force generation ,not more.You shouldnt be training anyone if you dont know that

[billysue2]

@Jondog54 its not the same because because medball slams train the muscles effectively for max power,you cant train max strength or power on an unstable base and the balance isnt transferable.Training of stabilising muscles is the only benefit i would use it for but never jumping

[billysue2]

@Jondog54 balance doesnt transfer from 1 skill to another effectively.meaning you might be able to do 1 legged squats on a swiss ball but no better balance in your sport.Any balance type drill must be drills from the sport done on the floor,not balls and bosus

[chiukeon]

Hey, you guys will know how good is it after your try it out

[Jondog54]

@check123450 Its the same with this, The trainer puts the athlete in an extremely unstable position, so that during sport, ie hockey, its so much easier than the what he has Trained for on the BOSUs that he's got perfect balance and control in an unpredicatable situation.

[Jondog54]

@check123450 Oh come on, really? Think about it mate, When a sports conditioning coach trains a football player say, he trains sports specific exercise at higher intensities. For example, an exercise involving medecine ball roundhouse slams or medecine ball wall throws. you could say the same for those exercise, when is an athlete going to be throwing a 7 kg ball as hard as they can against a wall? never. Its all about training the muscles + stabilizing muscles to become stronger and more active

[alinalin0]

it's for stability

[v3rtabreaker]

I'm with grambo22.

How can you walk, let alone put any weight under your feet if both your ankles are broken?