Plyometric Jumping Exercises
I have been short my whole life but I have also been very competitive in sports. I loved playing basketball as a kid and I was always fast but I never blocked a shot. I moved from my love of basketball to a sport that penalizes being short even more, which is beach volleyball. In volleyball the net is 8 feet tall for guys and 7′4″ for women. I am a guy that is only 5′8″ so in order to do anything I have to jump a lot higher than someone 6′4″. Every 2 inches taller someone is means that their reach is 3 inches taller than mine. So I quickly realized that I had to work harder than anyone else just compete. My key was doing plyometric jumping exercises to ensure that I would be able to hang with the tallest of players and hold my own.
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