Pesquisas com salto vertical: uma revisão - Abstract

In the sporting area, many researches have been developed having the vertical jump as evaluation means of mechanical potency of the inferior limbs muscles. The vertical jump is very important in the performance of several sportive modalities that require ample and flexible repertoire of ability of jumps, in different situations, consequently, the athlete needs that this physical ability be in great conditions of performance. Therefore, the purpose of these work was to join researches of the area that uses the vertical jump as instrument for estimatives of variables such as: muscular potency and explosive force of inferior limbs, composition of muscular fibres, process of extending-shortening and elastic energy. The researches were introduced in topics according to the variables, previously mentioned, and in chronological order. This literacy revision, allows visualisate ways in the search of training programs with better organic adaptations, in order to make the athletic performance more efficient in several sportive modalities, turning the training more and more qualified, going from quantity to quality, incremented in the motor specificity of theses modalities.