Single leg movements

I am at the high school level. We are about to begin our second 6-week microcycle in our strength and conditioning classes during the school day. We use density training and Olympic movements as our base program. First six weeks was highly succesful from a measurable standpoint. The athletes strength, explosive power, speed and jumping have all increased.

I'd like to start using some single leg movements in all three planes. Right now we use split squats, single leg body weight squats and single leg RDL's. I really want to include twisting expolsive movements on a single leg and side to side single leg movements. I have some thoughts but I'd love to get some thoughts and/or advice from any strength coaches who have been using these methods.

Thank you in advance.

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Comment by Vince LoCoco on March 15, 2013 at 4:32pm: Hey Mark, I've kept it simple in regards to single leg explosive movements by working with jump lunges, and skater lunges in my physical education classes. Usually I'll have my students pause at the bottom of the movement to reduce momentum, work on stability, and generate the maximum amount of power. When incorporating these exercises into my student workouts we've gone for time and reps. I hope this helps.

Comment by Mark Hoover on March 15, 2013 at 12:45pm: Thanks guys. I will email you asap

Comment by Kevin Chase Gregory, CSCS on March 14, 2013 at 11:48pm: My email is sbstrengthcoach@gmail.com. I'd be happy to share what I do w high school athletes.

Comment by Alfredo Ibarra on March 14, 2013 at 7:23pm: Coach I am at the high school level as well. My email is alfredo_ibarra@live.com. I could show you how we implement unilateral movements into our program