My 2 Cents

Guys,

Great post regarding jump squat landings and ankle postion. I agree with Drew, the take off for a squat jump wiether box or not should be from the ball of the foot, trying to get triple extension. as for in the air, if there is a barrier, ie/box or hurdle, then the athlete will need to dorsiflex the foot as not to hit it. and then land in a ball to heel position. I tell my athetes that as soon as the ball of the foot contacts the ground to sit the but back into the squat (1/4 to 1/2) so the heel will come to the ground and they will be stable. young athletes tend to stay on thier toes or ball of the fott and end up falling forward.

Mike Boyle has great info on what joints need to be stable and which need to be mobile. this way we can target mobility in the ones that need to be mobile, ie/ankle,hip,thorasic spine. to make sure our athletes don't compensate with other joints and create injuries.

I hope this helped, also Drew your videos are great, keep them coming. what do you guys think of the Tabata method to interval training. Also I am at a new facility in Niagara Falls Ontario, just over the border from Buffalo, New York. here's my new info. www.whiteoaksresort.com and jmelhado@whiteoaksresort.com. I'm the head performance coach so we're going through a big transition from the old way of doing things to the way i would like it to be done, but it's going well. Again hope everything is well with your guys.