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The purpose of this article is to help one become more familiar with certain stretching exercises that can help you to increase your vertical leaping ability. Just doing these exercises can help to increase your jumping ability quit a bit. In addition warming up and stretching help you to increase your vertical leap quickly because your body performs better when it has blood flowing through the muscles that help you jump.

Warming up helps prevent unwanted injuries and loosens your body muscles for the workout. Sitting down, stretch towards your toes while keeping your feet straight, try to hold the base of your foot for 10 seconds, release and then repeat again twice. Still sitting down, curl one leg behind you and bend forward from your waist towards the outstretched leg, hold the position while counting to 10, and then sit up, change your leg positions and repeat the exercise. Now stand up, and from your waist bend towards your toes with your fingers touching your toes. Remember to keep your legs straight as you do this. Touch the ground in this position and count to 10 before releasing and then repeat again for 4 sets.

Take a 5 minute jog after stretching or use a jump rope for about 5 minutes to warm your body up. If neither is possible, you could also run up and down a flight of stairs to have the same warm-up. Always remember to take the exercises slowly, you might not be able to reach your toes or to repeat the exercises enough times but slowly over time with practice you will be able to.

In conclusion after reading this article one should be able to understand the importance of stretching exercises and how they can dramatically improve your vertical leap.