Table 4.

Plyometric jump training programming variables

	Freq	Dur	Int	BH	NTJ	Tply	Comb	Recov	Tsurf	PO	Repl	Taper
Amaro et al. [121]	2	6	NR	30	504/720 sa	BJ	No	40–90/NR/NR	Land	V	No	No
Aurell-Badenas et al. [122]	3	8	NR	NR	3012	Mix	RT	45/NR/ ≥ 48	Land	T/V	NR	No
Bellver et al. [123]	2	22	Jump rate	NA	28,828	Jump rope	VT	0–90/NA/NR	Land	V	NR	No
Bishop et al. [124]	2	8	Height	43–64	1768	Mix	No	60–90/NR/NR	Land	Int/T/V	No	No
Bonacci et al. [125]	2–3	8	Max	NA	1221/1650 m	Mix	RT	NR/NR/NR	Land (mix)	T/V	No	No
Born et al. [126]	2	6	RPE	75–96	1492	BJ	No	150/NR// ≥ 48	Land	Int	Yes	Yes
Breed and Young [127]	3	9	Load	45–60	408	DJ/loaded jump	RT	NR/NR/NR	Land	Int/T/V	No	No
Cañas-Jamett et al. [128]	2	6	Max	20–60	960	Mix	No	60–120/5–10/ ≥ 48	Land (wood)	Int/V	Yes	No
Cossor et al. [66]	3	20	Low/mod	NR	18–27,000	NR	No	NR/NR/48–72	Land	NR	NR	No
Egan-Shuttler et al. [129]	3	4	NR	NR	1705	Mix (vert)	No	NR/NR/48–72	Land	V	Yes	No
Egan-Shuttler et al. [130]	3	4	NR	NR	1705	Mix (vert)	No	NR/NR/48–72	Land	V	Yes	NR
Garrido et al. [131]	2	8	NR	30	350	CMJ/BJ	RT	120/NR/NR	Land	V	No	Yes
Jones et al. [132]	3	6	NR	NR	432–900	BJ/jump squat	No	120–180/NR/ ≥ 48	Land	NR	Yes	NR
Kramer et al. [133]	3	9	Max	30	7131	Mix (vert)	No	NR/NR/NR	Land	V	No	No
Martin et al. [134]	2	18	NR	NA	5042	Mix (vert)	No	180/NR/ ≥ 48	Land	Int/V	NR	No
Oranchuk et al. [135]	2	10	Max	NA	412	Loaded	No	120–180/NR/ ≥ 72	Land	Int/V	Yes	Yes
Potdevin et al. [136]	2	6	NR	40	2146	Mix	No	NR/NR/NR	Land	Int/T/V	No	No
Pupisova et al. [137]	3	8	NR	20–70	NR	Mix	No	NR/NR/48–72	Land	T	No	NR
Ramos-Velis et al. [138]	2	18	Individualized	NA	1044	Load–unloaded	RT	NR/NR/NR	Land	Int/V	No	No
Rebutini et al. [139]	2	9	Max	NR	484	Mix (horizontal)	No	48/60–20/ ≥ 48	Land	Int/V	NR	No
Saez de Villarreal et al. [113]	3	6	Individualized	NA	1620	Load–unloaded	RT	NR/NR/48–72	Land	Int/V	No	No
Saez de Villarreal et al. [112]	3	6	Individualized	NA	1620–2316	Mix	RT/Noa	NR/NR/48–72	Land/water/mixa	Int/V/botha	NR	No
Sammoud et al. [141]	2	8	Max	20	1360	AH/CMJ	No	90/NR/72–96	Land (grass)	V	Yes	No
Sammoud et al. [140]	2	8	Max	20	1360	AH/CMJ	No	90/NR/72–96	Land (grass)	V	Yes	No
Veliz et al. [142]	2	16	60–80%	NA	1004	Load–unloaded	RT	NR/NR/ ≥ 48	Land	Int/V	No	No
Vlachopoulos et al. [56]	3–4	36	Load	NA	8880	CMJ	No	6 h/NA/NR	Land	Int/V	NR	Yes

Abbreviations ordered alphabetically

AH ankle hops, BH box (or similar) height (cm) used during PJT exercises, BJ box jump, CMJ countermovement jump, Comb the PJT was combined with another lower-limb training type, such as RT, DJ drop jump, Dur duration (weeks) of the PJT intervention, Freq frequency of PJT sessions (days per week), Int intensity of the PJT exercises. For those using maximal intensity (i.e. denoted as Max in the column), the intensity index varied depending on the exercise (e.g. height; distance; RSI; power output; time contact; impact force; load for the loaded jumps; percentage of one repetition maximum), Mod moderate intensity, NA not applicable, NR no reported, NTJ number of total jumps completed during the PJT intervention, PJT plyometric jump training, PO progressive overload applied during the PJT intervention, Recov recovery time between sets (in seconds, unless stated otherwise), repetitions (seconds), and training sessions (hours), respectively, Repl replacement of a given portion of the regular sport-specific training schedule (i.e. load) with the PJT intervention, RPE rating of perceived effort, RSI reactive strength index, RT resistance training. Usually involving squat, split squat, leg press, or similar exercises for the lower limbs, T technique-type overload (e.g. the exercises varied across time), Tply type of PJT exercises, with “Mix” denoting a combination usually between three or more PJT exercises involving vertical, horizontal, unilateral, bilateral, repeated and/or non-repeated PJT exercises, Tsurf type of surface used during PJT, V volume-based overload (e.g. from 90 jumps per session at week 1, the overload involved 100 jumps per session at week 2), Vert vertical, VT vibration training

^*aDepending on the experimental group