Jumping: vertical, broad & staircase
This collection develops jumping as a directional displacement skill within environmental communication, organised through three primary trajectory modalities: vertical, broad (horizontal), and staircase-based movement. Each modality expresses a different relationship to space, force, and ground interaction, training the practitioner to adapt jumping mechanics to varying spatial demands rather than a single fixed pattern.
Vertical-jumping develops upward propulsion and stacking efficiency, emphasising clean force production through the kinetic chain and the ability to project the body against gravity with control and repeatability. This builds foundational capacity for height generation and controlled vertical landing.
Broad-jumping develops horizontal displacement, shifting emphasis toward distance, trajectory control, and forward projection. It trains the practitioner to manage momentum through space, including progressive transitions from stationary take-offs into locomotor-linked patterns, where jumping becomes integrated into stepping and walking structures rather than isolated effort.
Staircase-based jumping introduces a hybrid modality that combines vertical and horizontal qualities through environmental modulation. By interacting with changing heights and step structures, the practitioner develops adaptive force scaling, reactive control, and graded power output across uneven terrain and structured progression environments.
Across all three modalities, jumping is developed not only as a physical output, but as a capacity for trajectory organisation under varying environmental constraints. This includes progressive exposure to intensity, height, distance, and timing, as well as the integration of strength-oriented expressions such as paused and loaded jumping contexts, which enhance power production and control under increased demand.
An important extension of this collection is the introduction of integrated environmental linking, where jumping patterns begin to connect directly into other movement domains. This includes transitions into structures such as cat hangs, ground-to-structure entries, and static or dynamic contact positions, where jumping becomes a bridge between locomotion and environmental interaction rather than a standalone action.
In application, this collection develops directional power, spatial adaptability, and environmental transition capacity, enabling the practitioner to project, control, and reorganise movement across vertical, horizontal, and mixed spatial planes with increasing precision and versatility.
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Vertical-jumping
THE WHAT:
Contexts for developing capacity & coordination in the foundational vertical-jump. For optimal progressive-measurability it is ideally practiced using a plyo-box and then stacking weight-plates above when establishing one’s max, however seeking out an area with different height ledges &... -
Fundamental jumping tools 2 - Precision broad-jump
THE WHAT:
The 'Precision broad-jump' provides a most fundamental measure for distance jumping, whilst also serving as a context within which to develop its optimal coordination & capacity. Of significance is that is is accompanied by a PRECISION-landing, namely optimal absorption & dissipation o... -
Fundamental jumping tools 3: The 'triple-step'
THE WHAT@
The 'triple-step' provides patterning for a walk, run, or anything in between to be initiated into a TWO-FOOTED jump. As the kinetic energy from your walk/run-up translates into greater potential energy in your jump, beyond the coordination itself the practice is also calibrating POWER-... -
Staircase-ladder
THE WHAT & HOW:
An applied vertical and broad jumping staircase ladder context designed to develop maximal jumping output while maintaining coordination quality, landing control, and repeatable movement mechanics. The staircase serves as a measurable environmental structure where progression is c... -
Pause-squat stairs-jumps
THE WHAT & HOW:
A staircase jumping context designed to develop maximal power output using pause-based jump variations, with step height providing a clear and measurable progression system. The focus is on increasing force production (force x velocity) from static positions, where elastic contrib... -
Staircase jump-sequence (bilateral & unilateral)
THE WHAT & HOW:
A staircase-jump sequence which attends to all permutations of bilateral and unilateral jumping and landing. As both a coordinative and capacity-development context, work toward the maximum number of steps for each variation while maintaining optimal unilateral and bilateral jump ... -
Single-leg staircase ladder
THE WHAT & HOW:
A unilateral staircase ladder context designed to develop maximal single-leg jumping capacity alongside unilateral landing control within a structured, measurable progression. The staircase provides a clear external framework through step “paces,” allowing the practitioner to prog... -
Triple-step to stairs-jump
THE WHAT:
Contexts for developing and requesting coordination and judgement in the applied context of running and jumping into a flight of steps. The stairs serve as an environmental training modality as they offer both variable height and distance with clear measurability (i.e. number of steps).... -
Fundamental jump to 'cat-hang' 1 (double-foot takeoff)
THE WHAT:
An introductory project of practice bringing into application capacities built through fundamental wall-hanging contexts. In the initial instance, however, practice is very much about building judgement of, and therefore CONFIDENCE in, in your hanging grip-strength.For this reason all...
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Fundamental jump to 'cat-hang' 2 (single-foot takeoff)
THE WHAT:
A developmental project bringing into application CAPACITIES developed in fundamental wall-hanging contexts, as well as PATTERNING in walk, striding, and running into a jump & 'cat-hang'. The project builds on more controlled jumping-to-wall-hang contexts practiced with a DOUBLE-foot ta...
