Research on Aquatic Plyometrics

Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT

Are you located in a college town and want to know how to reach out to their athletes? Are you considering a training program for your high school football players but don't know where to start? Here are the places we go when we want to inquire from the best in plyo:

• Rolling in the Deep End: Aquatic Plyometric Training

• A Better Way to do Plyometric Exercise

Just want to download the research on aquatic plyometrics? Here you go...

• Chest-and waist-deep aquatic plyometric training and average force, power and vertical-jump performance

• Comparison of three methods of plyometric training on muscles power

• The effects of aquatic plyometrics on sprint performance on high school sprinters

• Comparison of aquatic and land plyometric training on power, speed and agility in adolescent rugby union players

• Two-leg squat jumps in water: an effective alternative to dry land jumps

• Impact forces of plyometric exercises performed on land and in water

• The effect of aquatic and land plyometric training on strength, sprint, and balance in young basketball players

• Comparative effect of land-and Aquatic-based plyometric training on jumping ability and Agility of young basketball players

• A comparison of land vs. aquatic plyometric training while shod and barefoot on vertical jump performance in active college-aged women

• Comparison of land and aquatic based plyometric training on swimming block start

Newest Research:

• Elnaggar, R. K., & Mohamed, R. R. (2021, December). Aqua-plyometric exercises: potential implications for bone mineral density, functional capacity, and quality of life in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In Seminars in Oncology Nursing (Vol. 37, No. 6, p. 151225). WB Saunders.

• Heywood, S. E., Mentiplay, B. F., Rahmann, A. E., McClelland, J. A., Geigle, P. R., Bower, K. J., & Clark, R. A. (2021). The effectiveness of aquatic plyometric training in improving strength, jumping, and sprinting: a systematic review. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 31(1), 85-98.