Plyometric exercises have been used by sprinters for many years to develop leg power. One popular exercise is bounding, a multiple jumping exercise for maximum distance using a one-foot takeoff, much like the stop phase of the triple jump event. Although this is a useful exercise, it is not as specific to sprint as may be expected.

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The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of 3 different training protocols- plyometric training, weight training, and their combination on the vertical jump performance, anaerobic power and muscular strength.

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Developmental athletes and their coaches are continually searching for new appoaches in training that will help them actualize their potentials. Endless reviews of training formats used by current world class athletes reveal time-tested approaches on running workouts, weight training inventories, and skill technique drills.

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Plyometric training is not a particularly new training method. Even though it has recently received much attention it has been a part of the training of athletes in a variety of sports for years. It just was not called plyometrics. The word plyometrics didn’t appear in the training literature until the late 1960’s. Scientific research has given us a fundamental understanding of the elastic properties of muscle and it’s trainability.

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