💥Repost from boldathlete • Every week… we JUMP ⬆️   Why do we jump?   Power is the key physical driver in most (if not all!) sports. In hockey, players who can produce greater lower body power will have the advantage of being faster on-ice.   Although a hockey player doesn’t jump in their sport, unlike a basketball or volleyball player would, vertical jump height acts as a lower body power performance metric. With the new addition of our hawkindynamics force plates, we are also able to see the athlete’s jump strategy, which paints a picture of their underlying neuromuscular capabilities. Knowing if an athlete needs more velocity or more force gives us the ability to write a more directed and effective program.   Stay tuned for a future post where we highlight different strategy metrics we look at and some ways that we’ve been using the data this Off-Season. . . . . . . . . . . . #sportsscience #science #sportsdata #hockeyperformance #hockeystrengthtraining #hockeystrengthandconditio...