Bodyweight and the one-leg jump

We all “know” that great one leg jumpers (with a few exceptions) are pretty skinny and light. We all talk about how a low bodyweight, even regardless of strength and relative strength is important in a one-leg jump. Yet nobody identifies why that is? Why is a low bodyweight that important to jumping high off [...]

Training for a strength running jump vs. training for a reactive running jump

When talking about the one leg jump the “general consensus” is that this way of jumping is to be named a “reactive jump” because it relies heavily on the reactive ability of that particular athlete.

While this is a general name for the one leg jump, “reactive”, the reality is that the one-leg jump has [...]