Power

The drill is intended to improve lower-body power. Fall risk is framed more around quick recovery from disturbed balance than static balance alone. The power and fall-risk argument is mechanistic rather than supported by trial data in the transcript. For a power emphasis, ground contact time should be kept as short as possible. Minimal ground contact helps create a stretch reflex for quick rebounding into the next bound. Recovering from a trip or slip requires speed under force demands, which the article identifies as power. Power is presented as revealing and amplifying existing motives rather than creating corruption from nothing. Leaders receiving criticism should reduce defensiveness, show appreciation, and demonstrate change. Power can make character judgment worse because people try harder to impress powerful leaders. Power allows selfish takers to stop faking concern and use power for personal gain. Power training may include seated medicine-ball throws, scaled lower-body plyometrics, and step-and-catch drills. Reference checks should include peers and subordinates because takers are better at faking upward than sideways or downward.