Hey, everyone. My name is Daniel Back; I'm the guy in the video above. I'm an aspiring athletic development coach with a passion for sports training and a strong desire to learn as much as I can. There is nothing more satisfying to me than helping people reach higher levels of athleticism. In addition to pursuing my exercise science degree and strength coach certification, since 2008 I have spent much of my time training people to jump higher for free, as well as providing information and helping people via the internet. I also give sports training seminars at basketball clinics run by John Webber, AKA The Shooting Scientist.

Over the years, I have learned a lot about sports training through various college courses and my own personal research and experimentation. Most importantly, the experience of training people in person and via the internet has taught me more than any class ever could. It has become very apparent to me that a lot of people are clueless or terribly misinformed when it comes to training for sports. I created this site to attempt to remedy that situation by providing high quality sports training information to the public. Over time, it has developed into one of the best sources of sports training information on the internet, free or otherwise. The focus of many of my articles is vertical jump training, but all the science discussed on this site applies to all types of athletic movements.

THE JUMP-SCIENCE.COM PROGRAM
During my time running this site, I have discussed training with literally thousands of different people. That experience has shown me that athletes vary greatly in the various physical qualities that determine athleticism. That variation requires that training be customized to the abilities of an athlete. Different athletes should do different training. I used to have a few sample workouts posted, but the problem is they were only appropriate for a fraction of the people that visited the site. This frustrated me, so I began writing programs for all types of athletes. But even then, I had no definite way of communicating who should do what. As I continued to learn, I began trying to classify athletes to easily determine what kind of training each should do. After much trial and error, writing, rewriting, experimentation, tweaking, etc. I finalized a system for evaluating and classifying athletes based on some basic training measures. I then wrote complete vertical jump training programs for athletes that fit into the various categories. I'm just going to be blunt. This stuff is good; it's really good. I spent a few years developing this system, and I firmly believe it is the best vertical jump training on the internet. I'm unsure of my future plans for this site and the vertical jump program. For now, I'm using a fairly primitive method of giving people the system, and it only costs $11. If you are interested in a complete, detailed program, you can read more about it here: jump-science.com program

I hate sales pages, so I'm not going to spend time trying to convince you that my program will deliver "insane results in only a couple of weeks!" Honestly, training athleticism does not have to be complicated. Nobody really has any "vertical jump secrets" or "revolutionary formulas." Those are just claims made to convince people that a product is worth their hard-earned money. Writing a solid program is not difficult, but you must have good knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics, as well as knowledge and experience in various training methods. Also you must address the individual abilities of the athlete. The problem is people are fed bad information, which then spreads to more people. Anyway, instead of marketing to you, I just want to encourage you to check out the info on my site and decide for yourself if I know what I'm talking about. I cover a lot of important topics in my articles; people find them highly informative and easy to understand. I especially recommend The Science of Sports Training, which explains the different qualities of human muscles, tendons, nerves, etc. that contribute to athletic ability and what type of training improves those qualities, and How to Get a Great Vertical, which provides some long term goals to guide your training. If you've ever been confused about how to jump higher or run faster, please read those articles. Also check out my exercise and stretching videos. People generally appreciate the clear instruction and attention to detail put into those. If you have questions I prefer you email me at daniel@jump-science.com. Lastly, I try to share a lot of good info via the jump-science.com facebook page. I use that sort of like a blog where I can post training tips, useful links, answers to questions I get, etc. I do not use it to try to market anything.

Rather than getting rich or popular, my ultimate goal is to develop incredible athletes and help people become capable of planning and executing intelligent training on their own in the future. Whether you're looking for a detailed workout program or just good sports training information, you can find it here. Thanks for visiting.