If anyone has the know-how and is willing, I could really benefit from
some sort of mock training schedule for a plan to peak next April-June.

My goal for next year is to get a higher qualifying mark or an auto
mark for the Olympic trials (A is 2.28 and B is 2.20), to jump
consistently above 2.14m and to raise my starting height to 2.14m. I
know I won't be able to do this though if I have to start back at
square one.

How do I minimize loss of performance between this season and next?

In weight-training, plyometrics and sprints, how much time must pass
between the exercise and the direct benefit of it?

When should I taper off the training?

I've also never jumped in a competition where you had 1 day of
qualifying and another day for higher marks.. how do I train for that?

One of my biggest obstacles since college has been spending all of
indoor and most of the outdoor seasons trying to get the feel of
jumping again. It seems right when I start to grasp it, or get the
feel of it, that the season ends and there's no other non-collegiate
meets that I can get into, so the season ends prematurely for me.

Then come January I'm back to square one and I go through the whole
season just trying to get it going again.

This year though I was able to jump at one of the collegiate last
chance qualifiers at the beginning of May and then just yesterday
there was the 'High Performance' meet put on by USATF and I was able
to compete there with Adam Shunk and Jamie Nieto. I jumped 2.18m at
the first meet and cleared 2.20m at the latter, though at 2.25m my
shoe tore and I hurt my foot. (its all swollen and discolored,
hopefully nothing requiring too much rehab) This is the 3rd time
since January that a new NewBalance high jump shoe has torn on me.
Though very comfortable, I don't recommend the shoe to anyone.
Hopefully they'll make some changes for their next model. On the
bright side I guess I can start to focus on next year.

anyways, sorry to ramble. any thoughts?