Online Continuing Education Courses

Plyometric Training and Drills

• Explain the fundamental basis of plyometric training, its origins, and its applications
• Describe the mechanical and neuromuscular physiologic processes involved in the stretch-shortening cycle and how it applies to plyometrics
• Describe the important clinical considerations surrounding the appropriate use of plyometrics in the orthopedic and sports medicine rehabilitation setting
• Describe and apply important fundamentals for the use of plyometrics as a rehabilitation tool, including pretraining assessment, application of exercise prescription principles, and injury prevention
• Design a basic plyometric training program at low-, medium-, and high-intensity levels
• Use a variety of upper and lower extremity plyometric exercises as a part of the rehabilitation process