A synopsis of performance factors is provided at the end of each research article. Volleyball coaches would be remiss in not incorporating this information into their players' physical and mental conditioning and skill acquisition programs. There is limited research to compare the variety of results of the plyometric training shoe studied and products of similar design, each purporting increases in vertical jump height and speed. It was not statistically significant.
Muscular strength is an important factor in vertical jump performance.
Only one study provided significant increases in performance over a control or regular training shoe test group. Implications of this study require that further investigation be done to provide conclusive data regarding the effect of training in plyometric training shoes.