VERTICAL JUMP HEIGHT
Vertical jump height was measured by the stand and reach method using a Vertec® (Baechle & Earle 2000). All subjects completed the same 5-minute warm-up consisting of dynamic activities. A countermovement jump with arm swing was used in measuring vertical jump height (Luebbers et al. 2003). Subjects were allowed a minimum of 3 test jumps with a 30-second recovery between each jump. If subjects improved their jump height between the second and third jump, they then were allowed an additional jump. The highest jump recorded was used for data analysis.