Perhaps the most annoying thing with youtube are the performance coaches posting box jumps with garbage form and pointless heights. Box jumps done high enough prove that you are good with getting your knees up not getting your COM (center of mass) projected off the ground. Usually this leads to a landing that looks like the cover to Moby’s play album.
My suggestion is land like a front squat with your hands in front like a clean position with hands at neutral instead of a rack position. Look at team sports that require extension such as basketball, football, and baseball. If you can do a 54 inch box jump but have a 30 inch vertical work on jumping higher not testing better.
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