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Well I already have markers... you know, the little colored circles I put on the ground. A hurdle is a bigger marker and easier to see though, but it's also heavier

I think I still prefer the markers.

My idea with the rope was to force me to actually jump vertically over it.

A strength guy always has the option, in my opinion, of going for the reactive way of training because he has the strength. It's going to be a period of adaptations where things might suck but well...

One reason, beyond the obvious "this is a new thing", is that maybe the stabilizers and posture are not suited for that kind of jumping because of all the previous programming that basketball has done for a strength guy to jump the way he does.

So I believe it's only a matter of patience and "wanting" to do it.

This is a broad jump image sequence with me and Flip and another guy I train with:

Yeah I like to use the "precipice" example to make my point about the broad jump... if you fall back you fall in the precipice. If your heel doesn't get past the line, the same thing happens.

But I looked... "weak" out there. I mean, I look reactive somewhat because I'm smooth in my movements (for reasons that escape me), but other than that I look weak.

Hello,

I wrote a new article: http://evolutionaryathletics.com/blogs/raptor/2010/08/26/training-for-a-strength-running-jump-vs-training-for-a-reactive-running-jump/

The thing I love the most about these coaches is that they confirm a lot (A LOT) of my theories that I conceived just by observation and sometimes using myself as the guinea pig. So it's great to hear great coaches confirming what you were suspecting, especially when you get into arguments with retarded coaches that just follow books without thinking about what actually happens in a movement etc.

So it's very rewarding for me

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eW0qMfGzb0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eW0qMfGzb0</a>

It's just human nature without the hypocrisy right there in the video...