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Where do I work in polymetrics? During an off day? As a warm up to a workout? After? During? Never??

I usually choose two days during the off season to work on Plyometrics and one day during the season. The reason I do one during the regular season because I am focusing in on specific things for my events. Remember Plyometrics are not warm-up exercise.

It might be a good idea to find a soft surface to do plyos....like the infield or a beach. Plyos done on a hard track surface on a regular basis will kill your knees and joints. I do my standing hop-step-jump drills right in the jumping pit. You can even depth jumps in the pit.
Hope this helps.
Linda

You don't say what your event is, but from my point of view, as a sprinter, when I do plyometric work is pretty important. That's because adjusting to it hurts!

I suspect very few of us do enough work that emphasises the eccentric sterngth of our leg muscles, and I suffer badly with DOMS every time I start a phase of plyometric work. Quads particularly. For that reason, I don't tend to do much of it during competition (say January to March, and April to September). It's something I include after an October to early November general conditioning phase, and, at a lower intensity, during March/April alongside trying to rectify the things that didn't go well in the indoor season!

Take care, though. I pulled a hamstring late April. I'm sure that muscle imbalance between quads and glutes was part of the cause, so be sure to exercise both pretty evenly.

Please read the Supertraining article by Dr. Mel Siff:

http://speedendurance.com/2007/04/09/15 ... pth-jumps/