The following highjump poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Which Side Do You Jump From? CHOICES AND RESULTS - Left , 6 votes,...
highjump@yahoogroups....
Jan 1, 2004 9:10 am
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Dear friends and coaches, sangeetha [ sangeetha_sports@... ] has sent you an e-card from 123Greetings.com. 123Greetings.com is all about touching lives,...
Does anybody know what site I can go to to get quality high jump shoes? I'm a female and I take off from the left side? I dont see why it matters that I'm a...
Hello! Last summer I was watching a TV transmition from Eberstadt high jump meeteng on DSF. I would like to know what music were the jumers litening while they...
I think that most hj spikes are still "unisex" sized so women just have to buy a size or two smaller. I know they are now making women's sprint spikes but I...
Sad News - to this man I owe my original dream to be a 7 foot high jumper - along with John Thomas..... My sympathies to his family and friends....I hope there...
I recently conducted a Google search and read where I had died on a Pan-Am flight. Apparently, there was a highjump triva question issued within the highjump...
Dothel, How are you. I am Jeff Coate's older brother. I don't remember that post about the Pan Am flight - or I would have countered that it was not true. At...
Hello everyone, just wanted to inform you all about this quality Track & Field forum (i.e. not one of those kind of chat room forums...) http://www.myjjk.com ,...
This one is predominantly for Glen. I've just read an artical you wrote about your jumping under coach Wagner, I'm doing a project on him at University and...
garethmoir@...
Jan 12, 2004 2:01 pm
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Hi, I have just started coaching a 18 year old female, personal best of 1.68 metres. She has a 9 step run up. She drives with both arms. During the previous...
Don, I suspect that she is not running the curve in a way that allows her to stay leaned away. Even if you have a good curve marked out on the ground it is...
Thanks Glen, I suspect that all the experience you have goes a long way to figuring it out, unfortunately I have relatively little experience and am still...
Quick reply Glen It is one that I have inherited from her previous coach. I am going have to go back to some basics to cure some faults that have crept in. ...
Rotation around the bar is the difficult thing in clearing the bar. Most jumpers could gain centimeters (or even a decimeter) by learning a more efficient bar ...
weia@...
Jan 14, 2004 3:14 pm
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Don, "Editing" an approach that way is a hit-or-miss proposition. Most coaches, even advances coaches think they can "wing it" - making small adjustments to...
Don, On re-reading my last post (forgetting about misspelling, etc.) I see that I didn't make the primary point as intended. That is: you have no way of...
Thanks Glen and Weia You have both been very helpful. I am going to go and have a think about it all, play with your programme and see how it goes. If I have ...
Hi Don, When to start with the flop. Several approaches are possible, my own is: start immediately with the flop. Scissors are good for learning to take-off or...
weia@...
Jan 14, 2004 8:22 pm
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Here are some comments of my own regarding Weia's post: Weia:> Rotation around the bar is the difficult thing in clearing the bar. Most jumpers ... efficient...
... 'Horizontal' is a difficult thing for a jumper who is arching. A rule of thumb could be that for a perfect jump at the apex the upper legs are nearly...
weia@...
Jan 15, 2004 2:16 pm
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Weia, Yes, it is very hard to tell when a jumper is horizontal. The back is arched and the lower leg generally hangs down even more. I generally use a line...
Hi Glen and Weia Thanks to both of you, I have found our discussion very informative and it has certainly helped me raise the bar with my coaching. Just a...
One more quick note: If the jumper is not rotating enough to get horizontal at the peak of the flight, you can reduce the curve radius by 1% for each degree of...
On more quick thanks, haha My jumper is not rotating enough but as you say lets get the approach being run right then see what we need to do from there with...
