[pzale8018]

pzale8018 on October 18, 2004 at 7:46 am #9925

Mike briefly mentioned this in another thread, but I want to get it elaborated on if we can…

It was said that in practice, hurdles should always be kept closer together and shorter than comp height. Why?

Mike said that it disrupts technique and rythem, but how?

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on October 18, 2004 at 11:11 am #34158

Competition distances and hurdle heights are usually dropped in practice due to the fact that one cannot expect to run at competition level speeds during practice. As such, to better simulate the rythm demands of the event, the hurdles are dropped lower and spaced closer to adjust for the fact that the athlete isn’t capable of running as fast. If you were to keep the hurdle heights and spacing at competition standards and combine it with practice speed sprinting, you’d likely be teaching yourself to overstride, float hurdles, etc.

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[QUIKAZHELL]

QUIKAZHELL on October 18, 2004 at 11:14 am #34159

Not to get off topic here but can we say the same thing for long jump approaches (athletes not being on the board) due to different speeds than in comppetiton and even more so how abut when doing 4×100 exchanges for one i know that is the main reason our problem arises with practice exchanges. What can be done.

Just throwing out an idea here guys. Didnt mean to get off topic.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on October 18, 2004 at 11:26 am #34160

[i]Originally posted by QUIKAZHELL[/i]
Not to get off topic here but can we say the same thing for long jump approaches (athletes not being on the board) due to different speeds than in comppetiton and even more so how abut when doing 4×100 exchanges for one i know that is the main reason our problem arises with practice exchanges. What can be done.

Yes, I think so. I always end up moving back approach distances during a meet for the jumpers I work with. I don’t know if it would be as much of an issue for the relays because I would expect that the incoming runner being slower in practice would likely be cancelled out by the outgoing runner also being slower in practice.

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[rong]

rong on October 18, 2004 at 6:49 pm #34161

Vince Anderson suggests “discounted” approach runs.

For the relay, I think you just have to know your personell and the conditions of the day (cold, wind etc.) I try to be conservative early, and extend the zone as the season goes on. Eventually I want to either run real fast, or drop the baton.

[loz800m]

loz800m on March 26, 2005 at 7:17 pm #34162

Could a long jumper use a flying start onto the board when working on technique or would steps be an issue?

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 27, 2005 at 10:12 am #34163

[i]Originally posted by loz800m[/i]
Could a long jumper use a flying start onto the board when working on technique or would steps be an issue?

Are you suggesting adding a “fly” zone on to the competition length approach? If so, I can’t think of any benefit. If correctly run, the full approach should already put the jumper at the takeoff board at the highest manageable velocity so adding a “fly” zone wouldn’t do anything but make problems.

*If you want to continue this discussion, let’s start another thread as this one is about hurdling.

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