How do you increase your high jump height?

I'm thinking about joining for high jump next year. What are some good exercises to increase how high you can jump? I know the ones for vertical leap but are those the same as for the high jump way?|||You need to lift weights twice each week, doing a total body routine, after lifting do a few plyometric drills.


It takes strength to jump and you need to learn technique or the form to jump well.


High jump is vertical, so it is similar to what you know, but it is converting your horizontal speed into vertical speed, so lots of people that can jump high can not high jump.|||Okay, first off, as the answerer before me said, lifting helps. Work out your legs though, because high jump really doesn't require you using your arms except for when you lift them to throw yourself over. I'm pretty sure that high jump and the vertical leap have different drills, but I've never done that before so I'm not positive if there are one or two.





Time for the tips~


When you high jump, you want to arch your back when you go over because the form allows you to jump higher, so practice the arch by doing bridges on the ground. It will take a while for your body to get the exact form, but over time you will. And when you first jump, do almost a super mario jump (see below). When you jump over the bar, lift up both of your arms as if you are trying to throw yourself over it.





Some drills you can do are dolphin kicks, hurdling the bar, and scissor kicks.





To do a dolphin kick, stand in front of the mat, jump up and over the bar, arch your back, and kick you legs up. You should lower the bar to about 3'4", and if you have a bungee cord, use that instead of the bar so you don't have to keep readjusting it.





Hurdling the bar mostly strengthens your leg that you jump off of. Lower the bar to maybe about 3'4" (lower if you want) and stand as far away as your steps, but directly in front of it. The run and jump as if you were hurdling it, but use your jumping leg to push off. (The leg I push off for hurdles is different than the one I push off for high jump so if you hurdle too you might need to adjust or just not do this practice)





Scissor kicks also help your leg. Keep the bar at the same height as mentioned above but stand off to the side of the mat. Run and lift the leg closest to the mat up then push up with the other leg (which should be the leg you jump off of). When you are doing this, it is like you are pretending to be a giant pair of scissors. Also, try to land on your feet.





Oh, and a fourth drill you can do are jumps for height. It is kind of like a super mario jump. Push off with your jumping leg and raise the opposite arm, but keep it at a 90 degree angle. (Although when you really jump you will be lifting both arms).





The fourth drill is good because it is as if you are about to jump the actual bar, but there is nothing there at all. I personally think this is the best drill.





So for form, do bridges and try to get your body to arch that way when you jump the bar. Over time, you'll get used to it and you will be able to jump higher heights.





Hope this helps and high jump takes a while to get used to. So take your time.





*** Okay, here's a small added note: I'm not so sure of this, but high jump seems to be more of a talent. People either can do it or they can't from what I've seen. But anyways, good luck :)|||im not sure what high jump is but i can give you an exercise that will help you get higher with your jump. basically what you do is go into a deep squat position. after that you leap off the ground. then go back into a squat position. i did this with a cross fit trainer. it will help. sorry if its not clear enough.