Description

Small, rapid hops while staying on your toes with minimal knee bend. The perfect stretch-shortening cycle introduction that develops ankle stiffness—the ability to quickly absorb and redirect force through your ankle joint.

Muscles Worked

Equipment

Coaching Cues

• Stand tall on balls of feet. Keep legs relatively straight with only slight knee bend. Bounce minimally off ground like a pogo stick. Focus on quick ground contact, not height. Think 'stiff springs' at the ankles. Land and take off from same spot.