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Damilola Alaran
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Join date: Jul 4, 2026
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Athletic performance insider and former competitive athlete specialising in speed, explosiveness and plyometric development. UKDawgz combines applied competitive experience with peer reviewed research to help athletes and coaches make better training decisions.
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Sep 1, 2026 ∙ 3 min
Ground Contact Time in Plyometric Training Part 1: Why Shorter Isn't Always Better
If you think an athlete has a ground contact of 150 milliseconds is good, so 120 milliseconds must be better. Right? A more informed question is: What's it better for? From what I have seen the topic of ground contact time has become an increasingly common metric in plyometric training. There is a specific reason for this. The amount of time we see that an athlete takes when contacting the ground during a plyometric movement gives feedback about the way the athlete is producing force in the...
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Aug 16, 2026 ∙ 7 min
How to Programme Plyometrics for Explosive Performance
Learn how to programme plyometrics for explosive performance using force direction, ground contact time, movement pattern and athlete readiness.
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