[atletiek]

atletiek on March 16, 2006 at 3:02 pm #11705

This athlete is the junior state champion, she jumped well over 11 meters here, but have been struggling to to over 11.50. Please leave comment/suggestions about her technique, preferably things I can fix in three weeks.

[flight05]

flight05 on March 17, 2006 at 4:39 am #52516

i think she overrotates at the jump phase because she has no real arm movement in that phase unlike her other phases…
i think she should use her arms more in the last phase and hold them high above her head in a hang style to avoid over rotation and better landing.

[atletiek]

atletiek on March 17, 2006 at 12:49 pm #52517

Thanks for the comment, I agree about the over-rotation in the jump. What do you think of her legs during the step phase, and is her landings active enough?

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 17, 2006 at 1:45 pm #52518

I largely agree with the arm swing comments but I think the main root of the jump phase over rotation is that the jump foot touchdown is too far in front of the body.

ELITETRACK Founder

[atletiek]

atletiek on March 17, 2006 at 3:38 pm #52519

Mike, thanks for the comment. I agree with you that the problem is the landing after the step. How would one fix this however, does she have to work on getting her hips further through towards the sandpit on landing the step? I think this because I have trouble teaching her to be active on landing the diffrent phases, it is getting better becuase she is jumping with greater speed, but she still lands very heavy. Should her hips be driving forward and up?

[Eager]

Eager on April 6, 2006 at 8:06 am #52520

This is probably much too late to help, but I've got a thought here that's a little different.  Her problem with overrotation is starting way back in her first phase take-off.  I would coach her to be a little flatter here, giving up distance by way of height for perhaps slightly less distance by way of speed and with more forward and less downward momentum going into phase 2.  Secondly, after take-off in her first phase, her support leg is not quite pulling through all the way.  I tell kids that when they're on a skateboard, they can't just put their foot straight down and push and expect to stay upright.  They've got to get their foot out in front and get it coming back underneath them, and the faster they're going the more they need to create that "negative foot speed."  Without requisite negative footspeed, the top of the athlete will keep going while the bottom (foot) slows down, creating rotation upon landing. 

The thing with this kid on film is that she looks like she may be pretty dang fast, and while speed is a really good thing, if you don't have negative foot speed to match your speed, then you are going to be exacerbating the problem.  She needs to work on being flatter and pulling that support knee through in a more pronounced way…and if she's flatter, she won't have the look of someone who's reaching for the ground as it appears she is going into the landing for phase 2. 

I suspect if you can clean up those things, the problems she's having late in the jump may solve themselves to some degree.  In other words…you're right, she should go 11.5 meters +.  🙂

[atletiek]

atletiek on April 7, 2006 at 2:37 pm #52521

EJump,

Thanks a lot for the valuable comments, I will be working on them in the off season. You are correct in stating that she is quite fast, she is, she has 100m PB of under 12s. She finished in the top 10 at our recent national junior champs, despite jumping 50cm short of her PB.