Jump testing is commonly used to observe leg power. The goal for jump testing is to see how the training is affecting the jumping ability and see how training may influence running velocity at different parts of the acceleration curve. Speed predicts speed, and using jump tests to have confidence in what one is going to see on the clock is not the right thinking. A better option is to look at jump tests and see if the general power and elastic training is augmenting the scores, and how the scores might provide benefit to the running splits.
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