Jump rope training improves vertical jump height.

Is it true that jump rope training improves vertical jump height?

Unclear. A 2022 systematic review with meta-analysis of 21 studies reports that jump rope training improves jumping outcomes, and a 10-week trial in amateur endurance runners found improved jumping ability; both cover narrower populations than the general claim. A small trial in 9-year-old basketball players found combined jump rope and resistance-band training improved countermovement jump, and a preadolescent meta-analysis found lower-body strength gains rather than vertical jump height specifically.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 5 sources for, 0 against · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

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Vertical jump. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_jump

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S, B., G, B., CCT, C., SM, E., FH, Y., A, M., C, C., G, G., A, D., & JC, G. (2026). Combined jump rope and elastic resistance band training improves agility, body balance and neuromuscular performance in young male basketball players.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-51319-y

Jump-Rope Training: Improved 3-km Time-Trial Performance in Endurance Runners via Enhanced Lower-Limb Reactivity and Foot-Arch Stiffness. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0529

F, G., C, L., PA, L., A, P., & R, R. (2020). Jump-Rope Training: Improved 3-km Time-Trial Performance in Endurance Runners via Enhanced Lower-Limb Reactivity and Foot-Arch Stiffness.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0529

Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Niu, Y., & Liu, S. (2023). Jumping Rope Improves the Physical Fitness of Preadolescents Aged 10-12 Years: A Meta-Analysis.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.52082/jssm.2023.367