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. 2014 Jan 22;31(1):9–14. doi: 10.5604/20831862.1083273

TABLE 2.

PLYOMETRIC EXERCISE PROGRAMME

Week Exercise programme for SJG* and RJG** (set x repetition)
1 Side-to-side ankle hop over a slat 4 x 3
Pogo jumps 4 x 3
Hurdle jumps (40 cm) 8 x 3
Double leg step jumps 6 x 3

2 Side-to-side ankle hop over a hurdle (30 cm) 4 x 3
Standing triple jump 6 x 3
Hurdle jumps (60 cm) 8 x 3
Double leg step jumps 8 x 3

3 Single foot side-to-side ankle hop over a slat 4 x 3
Standing triple jump uphill 6 x 3
Hurdle jumps (76 cm) 8 x 3
Single leg step jumps 6 x 3

4 Single foot side-to-side ankle hop over a hurdle (30 cm) 4 x 3
Jump onto a box and jump off backward (30 cm) 6 x 3
Hurdle jumps (84 cm) 8 x 3
Single leg step jumps 8 x 3

5 Tuck jump with heel kick 4 x 3
Jump onto a box and jump off backward (40 cm) 6 x 3
Multiple box-to-box (20 cm) squat jumps 6 x 3
Hurdle jumps (91 cm) 8 x 3

6 Single leg push-off 4 x 3
Jump onto a box and jump off backward (50 cm) 6 x 3
Multiple box-to-box (40 cm) squat jumps 6 x 3
Hurdle jumps (100 cm) 6 x 3

Note: SJG = single jump group (with 4-5 second break between each repetition in a set); RJG = repeated jumps group (consecutive jumps in a set). Exercise descriptions are presented in books [4, 19].