Found a great post that I wanted to share from renowned strength and conditioning coach MIke Boyle.

I love doing plyometric work with athletes (so long as they've been properly progressed physically and possess the coordination, strength and mobility to execute them effectively), but always cringe when I see kids jumping up onto huge boxes and platforms.

Coach Boyle does a great job of explaining why this is such a bad idea:

http://strengthcoachblog.com/2012/12/20/the-idiot-box-repost/

Building young athletes from the ground up.