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COMMONALITIES OF THE JUMPS

TECHNICAL TRAINING

• PERIODIZATION WITH PLANNED PROGRESSIONS---PARTIAL AND COMPLETE SYNTHESIS OF MODEL-- REHEARSAL AND PROBLEM SOLVING--CAN THEY HANDLE NEXT STEP?

• PROGRESS TEACHING FROM PART TO WHOLE--BEGINNERS NEED MORE WHOLE TRAINING AT BEGINNING-WATCH WHOLE THEN START TRAINING PART

• ALWAYS TECHNICALLY CORRECT

• TEACHING METHODS WILL VARY WITH PHASE OF TRAINING

• BODY MUST BE CONDUCIVE TO MOTOR LEARNING WHEN MOTOR LEARNING TAKES PLACE

• LEARNING STYLES VARY FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL

• SPATIAL, TEMPORAL & RHYTHMIC CUES ALL HAVE VALUE

COMMONALITY OF EVENTS

• UNDERSTAND SIMILARITIES--USE SIMILAR TERMINOLOGY

OPTIMAL VELOCITY

• EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS OF COORDINATION ARE REQUIRED--NOT EFFICIENT WITH MECHANICS WITHOUT HIGH COORDINATION

• OPTIMAL VELOCITY IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN MAXIMUM VELOCITY (TRAIN THESE AREAS)

  • MAXIMAL DESIRED VELOCITY CONSIDERATIONS

  • COORDINATION LEVEL

  • MAXIMUM VELOCITY

  • FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AT HIGH VELOCITY

COMMONALITIES

1. OF THE APPROACH (THESE PHASES ARE IN ALL JUMPS)

• DRIVE PHASE--BUILDING MOMENTUM--FORCE PRODUCTION

  • LJ/T J-6 TO 8 STEPS--PV-6--HJ-2 TO3

• CONTINUATION PHASE-COMPLETE ACCELERATION PHASE-INTO UPRIGHT BODY POSITION

• TRANSITION PHASE (INTO TAKEOFF)--LAST 4 STEPS (WHERE MOST MISTAKES OCCUR

•  DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY

• STEERING (PROCESS OF ADJUSTING STRIDE LENGTH TO HIT TARGET) ALWAYS HAPPENS

  • REPLICATION MINIMIZES AMOUNT OF STEERING REQUIRED

  • CONSISTENTLY AFFECT ACCELERATION-ACCELERATION MUST BE SMOOTH AND CONSISTENT

  • VISION/LOOK AT THE BOARD--SIGHT BOARD AS SOON AS ERECT AND THE SIGHT WITH LOWER PERIPHERAL VISION-MOST ADJUSTMENT TAKES PLACE IN LAST FOUR STRIDES

  • MECHANICS AND POSTURE

2. OF THE PENULTIMATE STEP

• FUNCTIONS

  • CONTROL ROTATION/ESTABLISH STABILITY

  • CONSERVE VELOCITY

  • LOWER COM OF THE BODY (PRACTICALLY ZERO IN THE T J)

• TECHNICAL FEATURES

  • PRE-TENSION IN ANKLE-LOCKED AT 90 DEG-VERY STABLE

  • LOCATION OF CONTACT-VERY SLIGHTLY IN FRONT

  • CONTACT-FULL WITH HEEL LEADING AND FINISHING WITH A BRIDGE (ROTATE TO TOES

• DISPLACEMENT-KEEP COVERING DISTANCE

• MISTAKES HERE AFFECT TAKEOFF

3. OF THE TAKEOFF

• TECHNICAL FEATURES

  • PRE- TENSION-STABILIZE TO ANKLE @ 90 DEGREES

  • COMPLETE FIRING OF THE TO LEG-DON'T LEAVE BOARD TOO QUICKLY

  • ARM DISPLACEMENT -MOVE THROUGH AND UP

  • FOOT CONTACT --HEEL LEAD-FULL CONTACT TO BRIDGE-LOCATION IS IMPORTANT

  • GOOD SWING SEGMENTS USAGE--SWING LEG & FREE LEG-ARMS--STRONG COMPLETE MOTION--GOOD DISPLACEMENT

  • BLOCKING--INSTANT YOU LEAVE THE GROUND, SWINGING SHOULD STOP

4. OF THE FLIGHT

• PATH AND ROTATIONS ARE PREDETERMINED

• CONTROL ROTATIONS--SLOW THEM-SWING LEG CONTROLS--MAY NEED TO SPEED THEM IN THE HJ

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

 

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