Introduction: Vertical jump performance was influenced by lower extremity loading, previous studies indicated that it is a effective way for lower extremity power training by manipulated loading of jumping. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of stop jumps on the performance of vertical jump Methods: Sixteen division I male handball players, were recruited as the voluntary participants in this study. Participants were asked to perform counter movement jump (CMJ), 0.5 m and 1 m stop jump to vertical jump in random order. The kinematic and kinetic data were collected by VICON 3D motion analysis system with 8 cameras (set at 200 Hz sampling rate), and two Kislter force platforms (set at 1000Hz sampling rate). The kinematical and ground reaction forces data were synchronized acquire by using Nexus motion capture software. Repeated measure one-way ANOVA and HSD post-hoc were adopted to analyze the statistical difference with an alpha level of .05. Results: The results showed that there were no difference on the performance of vertical jump (p = .069). In downward phase, the lower extremity joint range of motion were showed significantly smaller in stop jumps (p < .001), except for ankle was in contrast (p < .001). And angular velocity of lower extremity were showed significantly greater and faster in stop jumps (p < .001), also the duration of downward phase was significantly shorter in stop jumps than CMJ (p < .001). The extension torques in hip and knee of stop jumps were significantly higher than CMJ (both p < .001). The ankle power of CMJ in push off phase was showed significantly higher than stop jump (p < .001). Conclusion: In downward phase, the horizontal velocity of COM increased when stop jump distance increase. Stop jump to vertical jump tasks increased lower extremity loading. We suggest 1m stop jump to vertical jump tasks may improve jump training for lower extremity explosive