Most of the time when we focus on improving our jumps or sprinting ability, we focus on our calves. This is the most easily seen thing that we can improve, and it is relatively simple to do. You can do ankle jumps where you just use your calves and keep relatively straight legs. You can also do calf raises and other such exercises as well. I'm sure each one of us has done something in our lifetime to improve this ability. However, this is not what we are mainly after here. Neglecting the hamstrings, glutes and spinal erectors is one of the major reasons why people aren't getting the most out of their sprints and jumps as they want. And this is precisely the goal of this post.
You mentioned exactly what people try to do to get better, but you didn't explicity say why it doesn't work. It's simple: power comes from the hips not your calves. Look at Olympic high jumpers. They have some of the tinyest calves you will ever see and yet they clear 7 foot high bars. Get those hips aligned and explosive and that's the key to improving the vertical.
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You must have missed this part of the article -- you know...the part you QUOTED:
"However, this is not what we are mainly after here. Neglecting the hamstrings, glutes and spinal erectors is one of the major reasons why people aren't getting the most out of their sprints and jumps as they want. And this is precisely the goal of this post."
Neglecting the hamstrings, glutes and spinal erectors sounds like he is addressing that the hip joint is what we are looking to improve here.
It looked like you wanted to try and nitpick something just to plug your sites...
