Jump Experts Review

The Jump Experts series is a terrific introduction to the world of vertical jump training. It offers the views of a variety of different strength and conditioning coaches on how best to maximize your vertical. Is it worth your hard earned dollars? Read on to find out.

Quality of Information

The Jump Experts series no doubt has plenty of high quality training information, with possibly the best part being its breadth of advice. The key strength of the package is that it introduces you to a variety of training philosophies as each of the coaches has a unique area of expertise that they impart on the athlete.

For example there is information about kettlebell training from a couple of the Experts, there is information about diet from another one. Several of the Experts talk about the benefits of rubber band training, Virgil Aponte who put the Jump Experts package together, talks about the benefits of stair training, and another expert discusses injury prevention.

This broad range of views gives the reader a great introduction to some of the many things that can be done to improve your vertical jump. It also shows just how much more there is to vertical jump training besides lifting weights and doing plyometrics.

The downside to all this information is that it does distort the picture as to the level of importance of the different training niches. As an example, the experts whose area of specialty is kettlebell training naturally talk up its effectiveness. The rubber band experts talk up the use of rubber bands etc. It should be noted that these different methods can all certainly help, but like all jump training methods, alone they are not the answer.

That aside, most of the experts do actually show terrific understanding of the broader requirements of vertical jumping and explain nicely what sorts of things you can do for your jump.

Customization

Jump Experts isn't really a traditional jump program so it is hard to really assess how customizable it is to each athlete. There is certainly plenty of valuable information across a range of topics that an athlete could take and apply to their training. However, there is no advice given on whether or not an individual athlete should even be applying the techniques described.

In this regard it lets the athlete down. A number of the people included do say an athlete should focus on their weaknesses (which by the way is perhaps the single best bit of vertical jump training advice anyone can give), but there is no guidance on how to determine what your weaknesses really are.

If you compare this to say, Athletic Advantage,which has a number of tests designed to help determine what the focus of your training should be, well Jump Experts is clearly not in the same league.

Presentation

The Jump Experts comes as a series of downloadable pdf and MP3 files. The MP3 files in particular are excellent. Here a number of the Experts are interviewed about their thoughts on vertical jump training. There is some very insightful stuff that will give any athlete plenty to think about.

The pdf files represent the training philosophies of each Expert. Some of them contain programs that you can follow, other just provide training advice on a certain area and how it can be applied. The quality is what you would generally expect from a pdf download.

Value For Money

Jump Experts costs $87.00. How well you perceive its value will depend entirely on what you are after. If you want a program that tells you exactly what exercises etc to do that is customized to your needs, buy Athletic Advantage. As a program it is cheaper and more in line with your needs.

On the other hand, if you are a seasoned jump trainer after some fresh input and ideas, then you will no doubt find that it has plenty to offer and is a well worth the price.

Conclusion

From a purely informational point of view, we thought Jump Experts was great. We have incorporated a number of the techniques into our training and they have really helped us push through some plateaus. Going forward it has given us plenty of ideas to help keep our training fresh and interesting. As a jump program however it lacks the necessary specificity to the individual athlete to really be any good.

Our final word on the package is that it is a great concept that has been put together nicely. It gives you wonderful coverage on a range of ideas devoted to vertical jumping. It isn't however a pure training program, and probably shouldn't have been marketed that way. None the less, there is plenty of quality training information provided to give you a greater understanding of whats involved in developing your vertical.

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