Why NFL players can jump so high?

The NFL post-season is about to kick-off. Let's focus on their training.
Here are the results of the 2010 NFL combine in vertical jump:

Why recovery is important for vertical jump training

You can do the best weight training or vertical jump program, but without enough recovery, you won't be able to realize your potential results. For example, if you train hard and consistently, but you go out for parties every night, you probably won't notice any results. Probably, your performance will decrease.

The best vertical jump articles for beginners

I you are new to vertical jump training, you can get confused with the quantity of information on the subject.

The Vertical Summit

You have read every single article about vertical jumping and still have questions?
You can ask it on this forum:

Squat variations

Due to inflexibility, injury or other problems, not everybody is able to do the back squat with correct form. Or you can throw in other exercises just for more variations in your training. Switching to a new exercise can get out you from boredom, or it can help you break through a plateau.
Every exercise trains your muscles and nervous system in a - more or less - different way.

Jump technique

It's a good strategy for vertical jumping, if you focus on strenght training. Unfortunately, some trainees may forget, what is the goal of his training. Jumping is a skill, so you have to practice it. If you have bad jump technique, by perfecting it, you can add 2-5 inches immediately to your vertical.

FreeVerticalJumpTraining

The homepage of Jacob Hiller, the creator of The Jump Manual. He is trains with top coaches and professional athletes all over the world.

Vertical Jump Zone

Program reviews and other articles about vertical jump and speed training. And some slam dunk videos.

Fat burning for bigger vertical jump

If I break down vertical jumping to the absolute basics, jump height is affected by only 3 factors.
1.How much power your lower body (mostly) can express (strenght). This can be enhanced by weight training methods.
2.In how much time your body can express its strenght. This can be enhanced by plyometric training methods.
3.How much weight your body have to throw into the air at every jump.

Theoretically you can improve your vertical jump by any of the above 3 methods. This article is about the 3rd one.

Diesel Crew

A great site with a ton of great training stuff. There are articles in sport performance, strenght development, rehab, mobility, nutrition and other stuff. They're experimenting with conventional and non-conventional training methods. In the posts there are video demonstrations of the given article.

Deadlift

Squat and deadlift goes hand-in-hand. Both are a compound, multi-joint movement exercise. Some trainers argue, that squat is the best, and other trainers argue, that deadlift is the best exercise for strenght development and vertical jump. The technique of the deadlift is simpler than the technique of the sqaut, so it's easier to learn. This is the exercise where one can lift the biggest amount of free weight.

StrongLifts

Their philosophy is simple: train smart, eat right, be consistent. Most of the time they use multi-muscle, multi-joint compound movements with free weights.

Squat

Squat is the most important and most effective exercise for strenght building, therefore this is the most important exercise for vertical jump development. Due to hip and/or ankle immobility not everybody can make full squats with correct form. They have to choose one of the alternative exercises like half squat, front squat, etc..

Evolutionary Athletics

Evolutionary Athletics is a great site with good articles about sport performance training and a detailed video exercise-directory.

Exercise & Muscle Directory

Exercise & Muscle Directory is a great collection of almost every exercise ever made by trainees in the gym. And you can find detailed information about the anatomy of the human body.

Vertical Jumping

Jack Woodrup is the author of the Vertical Mastery. He is a knowledgeable expert of jump training from Melbourne, Australia.
On his homepage, there is a thorough exercise directory, along with program and equipment rewiews.

Higher Faster Sports

Kelly Baggett is the author of the famous Vertical Jump Develompent Bible.
He increased his vertical jump by 19 inches. He's been working as a sport performance trainer for more than 10 years.
On his site, you can find almost everything about sport performance and strenght training. And there are several good articles about bodybuilding as well.