Jump training
The exercise modality used for this group was CMJs. Participants were encouraged throughout the entire session to jump as high as possible and to exert maximal effort during every repetition. Of the 18 total sessions, 12 used CMJs with almost no rest between jumps (only enough time to reposition, legs extended), and six sessions consisted of continuous jumps, meaning that there was no rest between the jumps, so that participants were required to use the landing position with bent legs as a starting position for the next jump. Participants were strongly encouraged to always jump as high as possible and to exert maximal effort on every trial.