40yd dash is mostly acceleration and the dominant factor in determining the final time.
For 40yd dash training; resisted sprints, weight room strength, unresisted & max velocity sprints is what's needed.
Wickets and assisted sprints aren't as important but are worthy methods.
If you want to increase your vertical jump, sprint faster, and become a more explosive basketball player, you NEED to manage how much basketball you actually play.
This is especially important during the off season.
Obviously, you need to play basketball. You need to shoot, dribble, work on your handles, develop your footwork, and maintain your actual basketball skills. But there is a BIG difference between skill development and spending 2-3 hours running back and forth playing pickup games.
If your primary goal is to become a more explosive athlete, you cannot treat every single day like a conditioning session.
Think about what happens during hours of playing basketball. You’re performing hundreds of repeated submaximal accelerations, decelerations, changes of direction, and jumps. Most of these efforts are nowhere near your maximum output. You’re accumulating a tremendous amount of repetitive work, often while fatigued.
This type of activity places a significant demand on your oxidative energy system and your fatigue resistant muscle fibers. You’re repeatedly asking your body to sustain output over extended periods rather than produce the highest possible force in the shortest amount of time.
And here’s where things get interesting.
Your Type II muscle fibers are extremely important for sprinting, jumping, and explosive movements. They have a much higher capacity for producing force and power than Type I fibers. However, they also fatigue more quickly.
If you’re constantly accumulating hours of low to moderate intensity activity, you are adding a tremendous amount of fatigue and recovery demand without necessarily doing much to improve your maximum force production, rate of force development, or explosive power.
If you want a higher vertical jump, a faster first step, better acceleration, and more overall explosiveness, you need dedicated time to develop those qualities.
That means prioritizing heavy strength training, maximal sprinting, jumping, and explosive work while managing unnecessary fatigue from excessive conditioning and pickup games.
A wise man once said….
“The harder the surface you’re running on, the more elastic driven sprinting becomes. The softer the surface, the more muscle driven it becomes.”
Think about sprinting on foam versus a firm track surface. On softer surfaces, you have to rely more on muscular force production because you lose more energy into the ground. On harder surfaces, you can take greater advantage of elastic energy storage and return.
Surface matters. Sprinting isn’t just about how much force you produce, but how effectively you can use the ground to produce it.
Kids being glued to technology is nerfing their athleticism because of the lack of accumulated ground contacts at a young age.
Back in the day kids use to jump, land, skip, sprint, jog, gallop, etc in enormous volumes- thanks to video games and phones that number has been cut aggressively.
The problem with this is that when these kids enter tried and true S&C programs and methods, they don’t work as well because the kids don’t have a prerequisite level of elasticity and coordination necessary to succeed.
Let kids play outside again!
When it comes to missing reps, I’d prefer have athletes NOT miss any. The ideal is to operate at a 0-2 RIR.
However, I’d much rather than miss Benches than Squats due to Supraspinal Fatigue.
Missing Squats creates high global fatigue which can hinder Dynamic work for multiple sessions.
Overcapacity is king.
A guy who runs a 9.4 100m has a much greater potential to run a 42 second 400m than someone whose 100m PR is 10.5 seconds. Why? Because his maximum speed gives him a much higher ceiling to work from.
The same principle applies to sports.
Instead of constantly running athletes into the ground with conditioning, build their maximum speed and overall work capacity.
If your max speed is 23 mph, running at 18 mph during a game is submaximal. If your opponent’s max speed is 18 mph, that’s their absolute ceiling.
You don’t have to operate at your limit to outperform them.
Build a bigger engine. Raise the ceiling. Make the demands of your sport submaximal.
Overcapacity is king.
DO NOT DO NOT WAIT TILL YOUR SENIOR YEAR TO START CARING ABOUT YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
You are COOKED if you thinking locking in for 3 months before your senior season will help you!
Squatting without a belt is one of the best ways to develop your abdominal musculature.
Your abs aren't just there to make your stomach look good. They're responsible for creating intra abdominal pressure, stabilizing your spine, and transferring force between your upper and lower body.
Heavy beltless squats force your entire core musculature to work hard to brace and stabilize your torso under significant loads.
Want stronger abs? Stop relying on a belt for every squat. Build your ability to brace and stabilize under heavy loads without one.
Max touch leaderboard update 🙌 Jaylan Davenport is on top at 11'2", with Bryson Hodge right behind at 11'0".
Coach Joe (@type2twitch) sits at 10'6". Who's next?
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Vertical leaderboard update 🚀 Robert Gloss jumps onto the board at #4 with a 40.3".
Malik Hardy leads at 46.1", but Coach Joe's 46.3" (@type2twitch) is still the mark to beat.
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