Coaches Should Say the Word Jump!


Also, I’m tired of the semantic games played about “leg drive” versus “jumping.”

It’s such a silly differentiation to make. I hear it at conferences all the time. Crazy.

A leg drive is a jump. A jump is a leg drive.

I tell little kids to jump because it’s a simple term that they understand.

I don’t tell them to “leg drive and use their ground reaction forces.”

It’s such a trivial difference in wording and in the end serves as a red herring to distract from the main discussion.

“Jump” is the best most simple word to use in REAL coaching in the trenches.

Theoreticians can debate the parlance.


Chris Lewit, The Prodigy Maker

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