The human body is capable of only 5 basic jumps. Every jump you learn in dance class will be one of these five types.
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Vertically Challenged: Improving Your Jumps
The secret to jumping is not so secret, it is the same hard work that goes into most everything in dance: proper alignment, solid technique, and practice, practice, practice! These thorough, step-by-step pointers, however, will help you as you practice vertical jumping and can even be applied to traveling jumps or leaps.
