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HIGH JUMP

• VISUAL TRACKING

  •  LOOK AT PERPENDICULAR--STRAIGHT AHEAD -PERPENDICULAR TO THE BAR EXTENDED (TRIANGULATE)

  • LOOK AT TAKE OFF POINT

  • OTHER STANDARD & MID BAR

• DRIVE PHASE-2 TO 3 STRIDES

  • START ACCEL AND DRIVE OUT

  • ROCK BACK, LOCK ANKLE, TOE UP

• CONTINUATION OF ACCEL

  • STRIDES 2 & 3 HAVE MAX ACCEL--FIRST FIVE IN STRAIGHT LINE

• ANTICIPATION

  • ANTICIPATE CURVE ON STRIDE 4--CHANGE SIGHT FROM PERP TO TARGET BY FLICKING EYES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TARGET AND PERPENDICULAR-TURN SLIGHTLY

• STAY ON CURVE--CURVE STARTS ABOUT 15 FT OUT --16 FT 61N MAX

  • CONTROL LESSENING OF THE ANGLE-TURN FEET IN/PIGEON TOE IN-ROTATION ACTUALLY OCCURS AT THE HIP

• POSTURE/BODY MECHANICS

  • STAY IN NATURAL ALIGNMENT

  •  WANT TO APPLY AXIAL FORCE INTO THE CURVE--OUTSIDE ARM DOWN & OUT

  • OUTSIDE SHOULDER SHOULD NOT BE AHEAD OF THE INSIDE SHOULDER AND HIP

  • INWARD LEAN

• PREPARATION FOR TAKEOFF STRIDES 7&8

  • MOMENTUM MUST BE MAINTAINED

  • 7-GOOD PUSH OFF--DOWN & OUT

  • 8 EQUAL TO 7

  • MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT -CONTINUE TANGENTIAL FORCE APPLICATION

  • ON 8TH STRIDE, OUTSIDE ARM MUST STAY IN FRONT --DON'T DRIVE BACK

  • BEFORE PENULTIMATE FOOT COMES FORWARD, BOTH ARMS ARE IN FRONT AND THEN BOTH ARMS DRIVE BACKWARD BEFORE PENULTIMATE FOOT MAKES CONTACT. THIS MEANS LEAVE THE OUTSIDE FORWARD AND BRING THE INSIDE UP.-BASKETBALL LAYUP

• PENULTIMATE

  • LOWER RECOVERY PATH

    • PRE-RECRUITMENT OF THIGH & ANKLE

    • DON'T ALLOW HEEL TO COME HIGH ON STRIDE

    • STABILIZE QUADS

  •  ON LANDING

    •  FIXED ANKLE--UNDER CENTER OF MASS

    • ROLL OVER TO BRIDGE

    • GOOD POSTURE-TIBIA VERTICAL-PELVIS ALIGNMENT

    • CONTINUE CURVE TORQUE AND FORCE

  • ARM MECHANICS

    • THUMBS DOWN TO START REFLEX

    • ARMS START MOTION CONCURRENT WITH PENULTIMATE LEG

    • HANDS MOVE BACK -THEY CONTROL SHOULDERS TILL SQUARE

    • MOVE PAST HANDS-SET UP HIPS

    • MUST HAVE SHOULDER FLEX IN CHEST

• TAKEOFF AND LIFTOFF

  • RECOVERY PATH OF FOOT IS LOW

  • MUST HAVE PRE-RECRUITMENT-STABILIZE

  • ANKLE MUST BE READY

  • AMORTIZATION-YIELDING PHASE--HOW MUCH FLEXATION IN THE KNEE JOINT BEFORE IT STOPS-DON'T DROP TOO LOW--MORE DIFFICULT TO LIFT OFF-KNEE SHOULD NOT GO AHEAD OF THE ANKLE

  • FREE LEG/ARM MECHANICS

    • KEEP HIP AND SHOULDER AXIS IN LINE--AVOID 'BUTT OUT'

    • FREE LEG WILL BLOCK AND MUST MOE AWAY FROM THE CROSS BAR

    • ARMS--BLOCK TO SEE BOTH HUMOROUS PARALLEL-ELBOWS MAY BE FLARED

  • TOE OFF--BODY MUST BE VERTICAL

    • COMPLETE EXTENSION OF TAKEOFF LEG-HIP, KNEE, ANKLE

    • DORSIFLEXION-EASIER--(NON-TAKEOFF LEG BENT) --PLANTARFLEXION-TOUGHER

• FLIGHT --90% HAPPENS BEFORE THIS

  • IN FLIGHT, THINK ABOUT LAYING THE NECK ON THE BAR-DON'T USE THE WORD ARCH --'LAYBACK'--IF YOU DROP THE HEAD, THE FEET WILL DROP-YOU ROTATE OVER THE BAR, NOT ARCH OVER THE BAR

  • SHOULDERS DROP/RAISE THE HIP/ROTATE OUTWARD/SEPARATE THE KNEES

  • HEAD STAYS IN ALIGNMENT

  • IF PROPERLY SET UP, THEN 'LET IT HAPPEN' AND EVERYTHING WILL TAKE CARE OF IT- SELF

• FLOP DYNAMICS

  • SITTERS--SIT ON THE BAR--POOR CURVE RUNNERS

  • COMING DOWN ON THE BAR-DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY ARE TAKING OFF TOO FAR OUT --COULD BE BAD PENULTIMATE SET UP-LOOK AT CURVE

  • DON'T THROW HEAD BACK TOO FAR

  • ONCE THE BUTT HAS CLEARED, TUCK THE CHIN DOWN TO THE SIDE

These are from my notes from the 1996 USATF Level II "Jumps" Coaching Education School. These were typed into my computer during the classroom sessions.

Recommended Resources

• Winning Jumps and Pole Vault by Ed Jacoby
  
  
• 101 High Jump Drills (Coaches Choice)
  
  
• Gary Derks: Track & Field News Presents: Technique and Drills for the High Jump (DVD)
  
  
• Will Freeman: Coaching High School Track & Field: High Jump (DVD)
  
  

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