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Messages - Joel Smith

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I like this book.  Were there any other unsubstantiated theories aside from the golgi tendon one?

As with most books by Ph.d's this book is meant for coaches who already know how to write workout programs.  I teach a strength training class at my college out of this book, and it is great.... kind of a by teacher for teacher type of thing.  The training theory section and organization of training are really great also, and I did learn a few things even after beign in the field for quite a while.

As for practice... there are a couple little addendums for example, the part about semi-squats vs full squats which good examples of how you might want to use the material.  I liked their example of what happens with too many depth landings as well.  Anyways, for the price, I thought it was a good book.

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Cool, you should see some big gains towards the midpoint of your rest week.  At the latest you will see them at the beginning of the next hard cycle.  The extra work is ok, but only as long as you are doing it a few hours apart from your other workouts.  I made some great gains doing this program and then stacking repeat 200m sprints and 300m sprints tempo style on the other end of the weightlifting days, it didn't hurt anything. 

Yes, this program will really help your elastic strength and eccentric handling in your takeoff leg.  The main differences in the program now is the lifting is more oriented towards singles at 80% on the oly lifts and more eccentric tempo on the squats with explosive concentric phases.  Also I have more single response plyos than straight jump endurance.  You can mix it up a lot though.  I think the key to long term is 2 week block focus, i.e. block 1, strength emphasis, block 2, single response plyo emphasis, block 3 jump endurance plyo emphasis, etc. 

As for exact program specs, pm me and I can get you a new sample if I have some time.  I am writing a book that will be for sale in a couple months when I get the site up that will have a ton of ways to alter this program in it. 

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Dan Pfaff seminar
« on: June 22, 2011, 11:58:48 am »
Part 1: 12x2 olympic lift scheme is the way to go, seriously.  I don't know why more people on these forums haven't caught on to this great training method.  It has helped me immensely since I switched from something like 4x4 or 8x3 to 20x1 or 10x2.  Anyways, thanks for uploading this Raptor.

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Hey! This program is great, glad you brought it up  :headbang: and I have fine tuned it a bit over the years since I wrote that article, mostly in terms of adjustments to the strength training format.  You can tune this towards strength training also to help two leg jumping, but then you can't really do heavy plyos on the tuesday/friday.  Gotta replace them with light stuff or fitness like running hills and core circuits and some acceleration development. 

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Hurdle Depth Jump
« on: June 21, 2011, 07:54:38 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1rfTfJ7iDg

Hurdle Depth Jump session today, had some pretty good air over a 52" hurdle jumping off a 30" box.  I could feel the ground contact time was a bit high though.  Working hard to get back up to 40" running vertical off 2 feet!


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Program Review / Re: Strength through science jumping program
« on: June 21, 2011, 10:27:01 am »
Just wanted to say.... the program is just plyos, but it was the first legit program I used back when I was in high school.  I bought it after I was sick of air alert... It is the BEST plyometric instructional program out there, really well done, and combined with its autoreg setup, you can make some good gains off of it.  Of course there are better programs out there especially those that integrate strength training.  (although there is strength training in the program, you just have to put it in on your own, which I did when I was doing it)

I went from BARELY being able to dunk with two hands to being able to do windmills and 360s off one leg on this program, I think I gained about 5" on my single leg jump in about 3 months time.  I also could dunk for the first time off two legs after using this program. 

I wouldn't really recommend this program in modern times, but when it came out it was the SHIT.  Great plyo resource, and influences a lot of my plyo work today.  I'll be coming out with a cool depth jump instructional video on my youtube site shortly however.... should be within the next week.  So most anything you could learn in that book will be on the video.

Joel

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Introduce Yourself / Re: It's been a while, but glad to be back
« on: June 20, 2011, 09:17:03 pm »
No, that 46" was off of one foot.  That would be pretty cool if it was off of two!

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Introduce Yourself / Re: It's been a while, but glad to be back
« on: June 20, 2011, 01:29:52 pm »
Hi, and yes, I'll start a log.  Since I have the summer off, I am totally dedicating myself to jumping higher than I ever have before.  I am also 27 years old, so I had better do that pretty quick :)

My running two foot vertical was up to 40" last year and standing was 35".  I got up to a 46" or so running last year as measured by head height on the rim.... but those are always goofy measurements based on COM travel compared to a high touch. 

Right now running 2 foot is at 38" again, and I am not sure about the one foot, I haven't really tested it in a while.  I did manage to scissor high jump 6' the last couple years.... weighing way more than a high jumper should!

Taking a break from between sets on my workout today.  I'll let you know how it goes. I also am putting some new stuff on my youtube/jumpscoach214 page, so check it out if you want. 

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Introduce Yourself / It's been a while, but glad to be back
« on: June 19, 2011, 11:25:54 pm »
Hey I am back! It's funny what happens when you disappear for three years.  Great site Andrew!

Oh yeah, and I have been gone because coaching track has consumed my life for the past 3 years, but I have the summer off and am spending some time building my youtube/making a website and whatnot, and writing a book. 

I managed to coach the national runner up in high jump this past year, pretty cool.  I am kind of exited to run through this site and see what is the new rage in the world of training, haha.  See how many of you have still been improving since I was last on :)


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