Avoiding injury is an important factor that you should look for in your jump training program. After all you want to use your hops on the court right? Not much use if you’re sitting on the bench nursing your legs. Thankfully there are a few things you can do to help prevent your injuries.

ICE: ice any part of your body that starts to get sore… when it gets sore. Don’t wait as playing on sore damaged joints will only make the situation worse. I know since I started icing my knees regularly my workouts and practices feel a whole lot better. At first I shied away from icing since it took so much time out of my day. I mean

45 minutes every day is a lot of time to sit doing nothing. But one thing that really helped me was finding these ice packs that I got a Wal-Mart. They allow me to come home from a practice and just pull it out of the freezer and

strap it to my leg. Since it holds its self there I’m free to do other things. And it doesn’t melt and make a mess either. I would highly suggest getting some if you have troubles with any part of your body after a workout. It can keep you going strong all through the week, which is important if you are going to keep on increasing your vertical

Stay Hydrated: our bodies are more water than anything else. I believe it’s a staggering 95% or so. So that makes sense that you should drink enough water to keep your body happy. A good rule of thumb is if your urine is clear you’re hydrated. So try and keep it that way as much as possible.

Take Your Vitamins: most of us don’t live the healthiest lifestyles. And even though you may be on a nutritional diet for your workouts… which I would strongly recommend. You still might not be getting all your fruits and veggies every single day. For that reason it is a good idea to take a multivitamin every day. That will make sure you get all the crucial ingredients to keep your body nice a strong and make sure it has what it needs to take care of its self. If you’re going to work your body hard you need to give it what it needs so it can keep doing that over and over again.

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