90 Degree Jumps

An excellent exercise for those persons who participate in either snow or water skiing.

LEFT SIDE	CENTRE	RIGHT SIDE

Keeping your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart, and staying in the squatted position, jump 90 degrees from left to your center, than to your right, avoiding going around in circles.

With each jump, aim to take off immediately upon landing, with minimal use of your arms to assist with the lift, focus on using your quadricep muscles to achieve the uplift.

You may decide to jump with your feet either close together or in a wide stance, however always take off and land with both feet.

Care should be taken to lower no further than having your thighs parallel to the floor, aiming to keep your knees pointing in the same direction as your feet.

If training for skiing, especially downhill, you may wish to extend your knees slightly past your toes, as this gives a movement that will simulate the downhill skiing position, however care should be taken whilst doing this as it will place a greater level of strain on both the muscles of your quadriceps and your knee joint.