Explain how the muscular skeletal and nervous system work together during plyometric exercises

Explain how the muscular skeletal and nervous system work together during plyometric exercises

1. What is plyometric training?

   • Exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power
   • uses eccentric and concentric contractions

2. How is the stretch reflex involved

   • Stretch reflex is a muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle. It provides automatic regulation of skeletal muscle length

3. How is the nervous system incorporated

   • Motor Unit
     • Muscle fibres are grouped into motor units. This consists of a motor neurone and its muscle fibres.
       • Works with the nervous system so that a contraction can occur.
     • Motor Neurones
       • Nerve cells which transmit the brain’s instructions as electrical impulses to the muscles

4. Three phases.

   • Eccentric phase
   • Amortization phase
   • Concentric Phase