For American football
For American football, broad jump rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in.
Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Broad Jump. Horizontal power, the direction of your first steps. Also a Combine test.
Trap Bar Jump. Loaded jumps train explosive hip extension, the action behind every take-off and first step.
For golf, the two are close. Broad jump rates slightly higher: easier to learn and fit in. Trap bar jump carries over more directly to golf.
For American football, broad jump rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in. Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
Broad jump is easier: it’s easy to learn, while trap bar jump takes some practice.
Broad jump needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Trap bar jump needs a trap bar, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
About the same: both rate Fair for injury protection in our research rubric.