Protected: Coaching Athletics – Jump Events

GENERAL RULES Before the competition begins, the judges announce the starting height and the successive heights to which the bar will be raised. The athletes may begin jumping at any height…

GENERAL Where there is more than 8 competitors, each competitor may have three trails, and the 8 competitors with the best jumps may have three additional trials. Where there are 8…

HIGH JUMP The objective of high jumping is to try and jump as high as possible by taking a run-up and jump over a cross bar. To avoid injury, the…

HIGH JUMP TRAINING During the period of training, the conditioning philosophy will be as follows: • Use an over distance approach. • First quantity, then quality. • Build a foundation…

While the session is taking place, it is important for the coach to constantly ask himself: • “Are the players doing what I want them to?” • “Is the practice…