Jumping: Unleashing the Load

Course overview

We've all heard the expression, "jump for joy." Jumping is exuberant, jumping is fun, and jumping is our best attempt to break the mortal hold of earth and gravity on our body. Jumping is essential to our games. If we want to spike a ball or grab a rebound or head a soccer ball, we better be able to jump. In this edition of the Functional Video Digest Series, Gary Gray explains the Chain Reaction of jumping and how the body utilizes all three planes of motion throughout the entire body when loading to prepare for unloading (exploding). According to physical therapist Gary Gray, jumping can be developed and improved functionally.