Yeah, that meet was incredible. Steffan Strand looked really good too, Boswell was close as well at 7'8 1/2. Hey hoopwizard are you from Oregon? ... From:...
I've been following this board for a while now and find the regime Denis gave Kyle on training interesting. To give you a brief history: My daughter (17) did...
You might be surprised just how much endurance is required for high jumping. High jumping gives your legs quite a pounding during the takeoff, and if you are a...
Hi everyone. I am completely baffled right now. At the end of my winter season, I was taking off from far away from the bar and diving into the bar ...
Cody, Lateral spin occurs because you change the angle of your body relative to the horizon during the takeoff drive. Jumpers who dive begin the takeoff drive...
Check how much you are turning at the end of the approach - remember you have a tendency to drive the lead leg towards the bar - that will make it harder to...
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Jun 4, 2002 11:20 pm
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Comment in blue, Hi, Denis! ... From: Denis Doyle [mailto:denis@...] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 7:22 PM To: highjump@yahoogroups.com ...
<< This is true if you are talking strictly about cause and effect, <<but there is also a natural tendency to reduce the spin rate <<development on the ground...
HJ mom, as a collegiate hj'er myself, i have been taught that you are a sprinter before a jumper. i run about 4 of the 5 day training week during the school...
Hi Glen Absolutely agree with you there. Getting in close intimidates a jumper tremendously and causes all sorts of instinctive compensatory actions - most of...
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Jun 5, 2002 10:24 am
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Dont worry about not having enough rotation. Simply make a little more space at the end of the run and work really hard off the ground with your take off leg -...
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Jun 5, 2002 10:28 am
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i train as a sprinter durring our season but i run the 800 and 4x800 in the meet. is it bad to run the 800 in the meet?should i stay with shorter distances or...
i train as a sprinter durring our season but i run the 800 and 4x800 in the meet. is it bad to run the 800 in the meet? yes should i stay with shorter...
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Jun 5, 2002 4:10 pm
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Let's be careful about running vs. jumping. Case in point. I have two high jumpers (I coach HS level). One of them is a 5'4" jumper that does nothing but...
Agreed, but consider your audience... This is a high jump group. We are interested in what will make people better high jumpers. The decision of where an...
Hi Mike Now that I have calmed down after reading your post - and torn up my first two email responses - a few points Point 1 - my comments were in response...
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Jun 5, 2002 9:33 pm
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My teammate in high school ran a leg of the mile relay (440) and then a 440 hurdles a little later. When he came back to start high jumping, he could not make...
Hi Jenny It takes at least several hours to recover from the fatigue caused by middle distance racing. The after effects of this ENDURANCE activity include 1 -...
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Jun 5, 2002 10:09 pm
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... From: Denis Doyle [mailto:denis@...] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 5:35 PM To: highjump@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [HJ] training Hi...
Well there are a million things he preaches about but we run at least once every week. Coming out of high school with no running and to this was hard. I'd say...
I have enjoyed the comments on the participation in other events. Our coach has me doing the 4 x 100 relay, triple jump, along with the high jump and wants me...
Wow, that's alot of events. ... From: track_fans [mailto:track_fans@...] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:55 AM To: highjump@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Thought I would share this with the group. Really exciting Div 2 competition last weekend. 22 Jumpers and 19 of them had gone 5' 0" or better during the...
400hds is probably worse than the 800 as it has to be flat out all the way. As to sprint activities etc - a lot depends on your age. performance level and...
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Jun 6, 2002 9:41 pm
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a little while ago i got high jump spikes... prior to that i asked this group if getting high jump spikes would really effect my performance... well i used ...
Coaches are strange animals Mike. Rhythm is so important in this event We have one coach over here who pulls his athletes out of competition if they jump two...
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Jun 6, 2002 9:55 pm
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Denis, I have to bring up one aspect concerning what the coach did with the athlete who was setting PR's. When I'm working with a jumper and we've devised a...
Dear Mr. Doyle: Thanks for your comments. I am a 15 year old high jumper. My PR is 188, and that was done at a meet where I skipped some of the other events....
Hi Dwight I agree that with an established athlete following a structured programme, that should be a sufficiently moderating influence on their ability to...
