Context:​ In light of the economic crisis Pennsylvania school are facing, budgets do not normally afford strength and conditioning coaches. Therefore, high school coaches may often be leading conditioning programs, including plyometric exercise for their athletes. However, it is unknown if coaches actually do include plyometric programs into their practice or if they have the proper knowledge of plyometrics to implement them in a safe and effective manner.

Objective:​ The purpose of this study was to identify high school coaches in Pennsylvania that use plyometric exercises as part of their workouts for high school athletes and gain a better understanding of their level of knowledge with this type of training.

Design:​ Descriptive research study

Setting:​ The survey was distribute via email to high school coaches in the state of Pennsylvania

Subjects:​ High school coaches from the state of Pennsylvania in the PIAA were surveyed for this study.

Interventions:​ The independent variables for this study were 1) high school coaches’ gender, 2) high school coaches’ gender of sport they coach, and 3) high school coaches’ age group. This survey was conducted via an online survey program. The survey was distributed to high school athletic directors in the PIAA who in turn, forwarded the survey link to their coaches’. The survey was open for 4 weeks with a reminder email sent at 2 weeks into the survey.

Measurements:​ All data was analyzed via SPSS version 18 with an alpha level of 0.05 Coaches gender and sport gender coached was evaluated via a one way independent t-test. High school coach’s age group was evaluated utilizing an ANOVA.

Results:​ P-values of the first two interventions were p=.188, and p=.170 respectively showing no sign of significance. The significance found in the 3rd intervention, p=.976 was also not significant.

Conclusion:​ Although no significance was found in the study, it is worth noting that coaches scored A mean o f6 out of 20 answers correctly in the survey. This may indicate that coaches need to be educated regarding plyometric exercise and implementation into daily practices.