Jumping- and hopping-based tests can provide valuable insight into an athlete's proficiency in ballistic sporting movements such as sprinting or change of direction. Capture and analysis of this are usually expensive and laboratory based. Recent advancements in integrated smartphone video technology from the commercial space have led to an increase in their utility for sports performance and could be extremely useful to the strength and conditioning coach, but the accuracy and sensitivity of these are largely undetermined. This brief review discusses the accuracy of a smartphone video application called my jump and its validity and reliability for jump-based diagnostics.
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