Friday, November 20, 2009

Vertical Leap – What is it?

In today’s sports world, a sportsperson should possess some required abilities if he or she wants to stay in a popular team for long period. One of those required abilities is vertical leap or jump. This ability is much needed in basketball, volleyball, football and other sports.

Vertical jump is defined as the capacity of a person to raise himself higher in the vertical plane solely with the use of muscles. In other words, it is an estimation of how high that person can lift off the ground from a standstill.