Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

high 15m (around 15.80ish or something)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYXgwr4cwLs

that looked good ya know…

i feel ike im dropping my left leg too soon and im not getting nay power from it as a result.??

Looks like your takeoff angles are rather high.  Have you tried focusing on "out" rather than "up"?

I typically like to stress pushing up on these short jumps (especially for training purposes) because athletes tend to overdo the horizontal aspect of them but in this case I agree with Mort...you're takeoff angles are too high. 

jumperuk - 17 November 2007 08:34 PM

that looked good ya know…

Nick's (jumperuk) is probably too humble to say it but he just jumped 16.41 for double-double.

Mike Young - 18 November 2007 11:57 AM

I typically like to stress pushing up on these short jumps (especially for training purposes) because athletes tend to overdo the horizontal aspect of them but in this case I agree with Mort...you're takeoff angles are too high.

Better "swing" mechanics and the same power levels will generate ~1m better performance.

heres something interestingfor you...i was working with a triple jumper today...hes 26, been triple jumping for like 6 years...(not all that talented but works very hard) his TJ pr is 14.60m and he is technically very good…

and today he did 16.40m for the double double in sneakers…

what can explain this? 

Sounds like he can't put together what he did in practice into competition.  Could be a number of factors like maintaining speed thru the phases… Is he a slow athlete?  Is this what you mean by not talented, but works hard?  the double double might be considered a great indicator, but that's just what it is...an indicator.  Not the real deal. 

yes, speed is definitily his problem, he is very strong in the weight room...not very reactive also...but im positive he is fast enough to at least jump 15.50m. I mean, you dont have to be that fast to jump 16m do you? 

In terms of his speed, how fast are we talking?

well, id say he top speed is around 9.5 mps...so about as fast as pretty fast women jumpers…

Even though he isn't fast, his issue might be controlling that speed into the board and though his phases.  Does he lean excessively to one side or the other?  does he tend to rotate forward a little during his phases?  is he in a hurry get his feet back to the ground?  Over-rotating during the jump phase? 

Just a few things i have seen with jumpers that have similar problems that your guy seems to.

honestly, his technique is very good...ill try to get a video...but it really is good...he understands the event very well...this may be his breakout year...but we dont really know why he cant jump further…

but to put some things into prespective, last year he did one long jump meet, and jumped 5.99m…

no joke...but he has test number in many things that would suggest hes much better...i just dont know..

I'd be wary of some of these tests such as the RRLL test and that 3x3x300 for 400m runners.  A lot of people think they'll do awesome based on these tests but they rarely ever do  :angel:

haha...well, lets hope thats not the case for me...but its funny, i know someone also from back home, who is TERRIBLE at these test things...like, a girl terrible...and he jumped 7.83m last season...lol...so who knows…