The first number every athlete asks about, and the easiest one to run badly. The mat times how long the feet are off the floor and converts that to height, which makes the test simple to administer and simple to inflate. Here is how to run it so the number is worth keeping.
Warm up first: five minutes of general work, then two build-up sets of low hops. A standard is only as good as the test underneath it, so the rules below do not change between retests, between athletes, or between seasons.
The hips rose 24″ both times. The tuck added 43 ms of flight, and height is computed from flight time, so the mat reports 27″. That is three inches of nothing, and it repeats every time he does it.
The app separates a quick check from a formal test, and the difference matters if you ever want to compare sessions. Both save into a session; only one of them fixes the protocol for you.
Pick the named assessment, pick the athlete, jump. Rep count, kept reps, sidedness and start position are all fixed by the protocol, so the test stays standardised and repeatable. This is what you want for anything you plan to track.
Pick the mode and go. Nothing is enforced, which is right for a quick check in the middle of a
session but wrong for a test you intend to compare later. In the API these sets come back with a
null assessment_id.
The mat measures flight time and reports
jump_height_cm
as the primary metric. It cannot tell whether the athlete used a countermovement, an arm swing, or a
static squat jump. That is yours to control, which is exactly why the arm rule has to be written down.
Both modes compute height from flight time. Just Jump Mode applies the legacy inflation so historical numbers line up, so the same jump reads several inches higher there. Grade an athlete on one mode and stay on it.
| Level | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| World Class | > 34″ · 86 | > 23″ · 58 |
| Elite | 31–34″ · 79 | 21–23″ · 53 |
| Advanced | 27–31″ · 69 | 18–21″ · 46 |
| Efficient | 23–27″ · 58 | 16–18″ · 41 |
| Developmental | 19–23″ · 48 | 14–16″ · 36 |
| Poor | < 19″ · 48 | < 14″ · 36 |
| Level | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| World Class | > 38″ · 97 | > 26″ · 66 |
| Elite | 35–38″ · 89 | 24–26″ · 61 |
| Advanced | 32–35″ · 81 | 22–24″ · 56 |
| Efficient | 29–32″ · 74 | 20–22″ · 51 |
| Developmental | 26–29″ · 66 | 18–20″ · 46 |
| Poor | < 26″ · 66 | < 18″ · 46 |
Heights shown as inches and centimetres. Sport-specific sheets are calibrated to their own populations, so a basketball or volleyball sheet will not match this table exactly. Basketball standards · What trained athletes actually post
Plyomat runs the standing vertical as a named assessment, keeps the best rep for you, and freezes the session so the number is still there next term.
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