Jump Mats

[Stuart Miller]

Hello,

We are looking at buying a new jump mat to aid with teaching. We were wondering if anyone has any reccommendations on this.

Specfically, we would like the following specifications:
-Ground contact time (GCT)
-Flight time
-Jump height
-GCT/Jump height ratio (ie reactive strenght)
-Repetitive jumps (contact time and jump height/time)

Thank you for any help

Stuart Miller

Middlesex University

[Scott Dueball]

Re: Jump Mats

Stuart,

Take a look at Just Jump. I used them in undergrad and recall them doing all or most of what you are looking for.

http://www.performbetter.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product2_10151_10751_1004140_-1_1000198_1000194_1000194_ProductDisplayErrorView

Sincerely,

Scott

[Mark Corbett]

Re: Jump Mats

Stuart.
We have a Smartjump system:
http://fusionsport.com/portal/content/view/64/76/
Manual with some useful information:
http://fusionsport.com/portal/compon...62/Itemid,348/

It's not bad, runs off a Windows PocketPC with an additional 'sleeve' that interfaces to the mat, and will do the things you've asked for.
The software is a little quirky but fairly quick and simple to use. The mat itself seems robust and is quite large. Not sure about the cost but they have a UK distributor in Cardiff.

Regards

Mark Corbett
University of Worcester