Weight exercises for improving quickness and vertical?

[One on One]

Anybody know any good exercises for improving quickness and vertical leap (besides the obvious leg exercises like squats, leg press, extensions, calf raises, curls)? My gym has some nice freestyle pulley type weights that allow for a lot of range of motion and I was thinking some exercises on those might be good since they really work the stabilizer muscles. I'm not too sure where to begin.

 

[~UnDisputed~]

one word....

PLYOMETRICS

this intails zig zag drills, box drills, sprint mecanics, etc. etc. i garentee if you take the time to research it ( bodybuilding.com and teenbodybuilding.com ) you will see results...

 

[bogman2121]

squat and power cleans

 

[Zircon]

Anyone say Plyometrics?

yep that's th eonly way. If you do gym, do only fairly heavy weights with a jerk movement...slow movement will build muscle but not the explosive strenth u r looking for. In fact it would make you even slower.

Plyo still the way to go