I AM ABOUT TO JOIN THE TRACK TEAM AT MY SCHOOL. I AM TALL I AM 5 FEET 11 INCHES. I DON'T LIKE RUNNING. I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HIGH JUMP BECAUSE IT LOOKS...
Sounds like you want an easy life!!!!!! Wrong attitude for track I am afraid! Why not take up reading - not too stressful - and you might actually learn ...
denis doyle
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Mar 1, 2003 1:00 pm
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If there is not one thing that makes more mad than pulling slivers, are the chicks who give HJing the wrong name. If you are looking for easy, just be a ...
Don't take these folks TOO seriously. They are right that to excel to your full potential, it will take as much effort and commitment to high jump as to excel...
Hello! i am a high school jumper, a sophmore, im not incredibly good at it, but i love it! i just really started getting serious this, now passed, indoor...
Katie, I am Dennis and I feel I must stop and give you some good advise (I jumped for about 16 years or so). It came to my attention a long time ago that "it's...
... Furthering: 1. Welcome to high jumping. 2. Welcome to highjump group. 3. Consider initiating a file about you in www.HighJumpWorld.com and we will all...
Can someone answer this question for me please!!!! this is an outdoor track!! Can someone please describe to me how you start high jump. I mean like can...
Why not go to the local library and look at a book on track and then speak to your local high school or college jumps coach? Denis Doyle...
denis doyle
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Mar 2, 2003 11:30 pm
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My response to the various e-mails that have recently commented on this event: When I first high jumped it was because it was exhilarating. Jumping felt...
The other day we were discussing sports and a former collegiate track athlete (runner not a jumper) stated that in theory you should be able to jump as high as...
How about a foot below your armpit :-) Your friend is way off base with his theory. About as high as you get your belly button would be more realistic but then...
denis doyle
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Mar 3, 2003 10:58 pm
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... but then ... Since the Running High Jump consists of the horizontal transference of energy to vertical ernergy - the armpit theory would hold little ...
... realistic ... [relatively] ... Let me clarify - before I get flamed - I use the terms speed and stength/power floppers - tounge in cheek. I do realize that...
Hi Tony Flame!! Who me?? ... Interesting selection to make your point. On observation I would always consider Dwight to have a slower or less aggressive (in...
denis doyle
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Mar 4, 2003 7:23 pm
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Hi, I am a freshman in college, and I have been highjumping for 4 years. My best last year was 6'8.5, but I haven't quite been able to get it yet this year....
Hi Joel Just treat it like a normal meet. Maybe take an extra day to get over travel. The natural adrenaline of a championship should give you that extra zing...
denis doyle
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Mar 5, 2003 9:13 am
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In his heydey - which was way to short - Jacobs was more aggressive - I agree - but his raw vertical leaping ability was unmatched [perhaps even today]. In...
hi joel, i can only answer one question of yours which is regarding how long you should rest before a meet. I highjump on a university track team as well in...
hello all, i have a question regarding NCAA elegibility. Can you enroll into NCAA as an athlete but red shirt a season as long as you come back and are still...
Hi Tony I think any athlete with real talent and in condition can pop 215 without too much effort. Unfortunately I only ever saw Jacobs jump in full flow. I...
US Olympic Trials 1984 I believe Denis Doyle ... From: tktaylor To: highjump@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [HJ]...
denis doyle
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Mar 6, 2003 10:04 am
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I once wrote an article that I submitted to Track and Field Technique - Titled "Objective Determination of Maximum High Jump Clearance Capability" that...
Dennis - ... without too much effort." OUCH - I resemble that remark :) - time takes out the sting kinda. I never jumped higher than 2.10m!! - 1st time back in...
BEFORE U READ THIS MESSAGE I DO NOT INTEND IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM TO BE OR OFFEND ANYONE. I JUST WANNA KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS IF THIS IS MYTH OR TRUTH. ...
That is correct. I was thinking the World Games in Helsinki 1983. However that was Tyke Peacock. By the way Tyke (Champaign ,Illinois) was the most fluid,...
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