Jumping on the force plate you can feel the force. We use time of flight method to estimate the height of the jump.
s = s 0 + v 0 t + 1 2 a t 2 {\displaystyle s=s_{0}+v_{0}t+{\tfrac {1}{2}}at^{2}} and thus we have h = v 0 t − 1 2 g t 2 {\displaystyle h=v_{0}t-{\tfrac {1}{2}}gt^{2}} because h 0 = 0 {\displaystyle h_{0}=0} and a = − g = − 9.81 m / s 2 {\displaystyle a=-g=-9.81m/s^{2}} .
Also take-off velocity is easy to calculate as a difference.