Explosive Power and Jumping Ability for All Sports: Atlas of Exercises

Everything you need in one where to many take pieces this takes it in the whole training and isn't huge or hard to understand

I have purchased this book 3 times from Amazon and likely another time through Westside. I lend it to coaches and never see it again. I am shocked to see so few reviews here. This book is a must have for Coaches & Athletes. It is required reading for my staff and recommended reading to any Coach I speak with.

I originally heard about this book through a guy named Louis Simmons. He is a grandfather in the strength and conditioning world and definitely knows his stuff. It was interesting to read this book and find most of his ideas about explosive power came directly from the sky. There's a reason Luis is world renowned and it's because he listens to Smart people. This guy is smart and his ideas will blow your mind. Lots of knowledge in a very small book. Half of it is pictures with exercises in the front half is a street, to the point sets and reps description of how to make your athletes explosive.

Short and to the point. Will learn applicable knowledge about training and athletic development.

A lot of good ideas in this book. The planner section also breaks down the more suitable activities per type of sport, whcih is very helpful. Some of the ideas need a bit more creativity for figuring out what equipment to use.

This book is a must read for any athlete looking for better jumping ability, although it is really a coaches book. Much better than 97% of the books claiming increased vertical etc etc.

This book is not very long but contains a lot of information that will help anyone. THere are many myths about getting more exposive. "all you have to do is skip rope" "you don't need to be stronger" "don't do plyometrics they're dangerous, just lift weights" "do a lot of depth jumps." This book dispels myths by looking at the science.Although the first part of the book is technical, it is not overly difficult. The second part is a detailed listing of the hundreds of exercises that are possible. If you ever wonder how NFL Combine coaches are able to get their athletes to perform so well at the Combine, then this book may shed some light on that.Buy the book if you are serious about explosive ability in athletics

Was good but not what I was expecting, altought it has a very large encyclopedia on jumping exercises to learn

excellent book with useful exercises

The book met my expectations and was full of relevant training for most sports. The book was in good condition and at a great prics

Zwei Warnungen vorweg:1.)Auf keinen Fall dieses Buch als "Einstiegsliteratur" fürs Sprung- und Explosivkrafttraining lesen! Dafür ist es viel zu unverständlich und unvollständig. Da lieber Donald A. Chu: Jumping into Plyometrics (Sprungkrafttraining) oder Jürgen Weineck: Optimales Training (Training im Generellen).2.) Sind viele Übungen nur für Fortgeschrittene und gut ausgebildete und vorbereitete Athleten.Wie gesagt, dieses Buch (oder eher Heftchen)sollte man nur als Inspiration fürs Explosivkraft/Schnellkrafttraining lesen, wenn man sich ein wenig mit Sportwissenschaften auskennt. Wenn man aber ein wenig zwischen den Zeilen lesen kann, gibt es in dem Buch viel zu finden.Die beiden Autoren sind Leichtathletiktrainer Legenden im ehemaligen Ostblock. Und diesen Ostblock-Charme versprüht auch das Buch. Schwarz/Weiss Zeichnungen illustrieren die Übungen. Dieser Übungskatalog ist äusserst beeindruckend. Auch wenn es vielleicht so klingt, als ob ich diesen Oldschool-Ostblock-Turnhallen- Trainings Approach belächeln würde, das Gegenteil ist der Fall. Man braucht nur wenig teure Ausrüstung um ein abwechslungsreiches und effektives Training zu gestalten. Worauf es ankommt ist das Konzept das dahinter steht. Und gerade hier ist dieses Buch grossartig.Besonders schön fand ich die Kapitel über Verletzungsprophylaxe für Fuss-,Hand- und Kniegelenke.....dynamic core stability lange vor Mark Verstegen....Gutes Buch ...aber halt nur als Sahnehäubchen, nicht als Grundlagenwerk..

Ist recht trivial. Ich war davon ausgegangen, dass hier Experten über Explosive Training Auskunft geben, um die Sprintmuskulatur optimal zu trainieren. Aber es werden ja nicht einmal die Übungen genau erklärt, z.B. auf was man aufpassen muss, sonst geht der Schuss nach hinten los.

Good book for jumping training and very good information. If anyone is serious about strength training or jumping this is the book. As it is a soviet union book.