Would basketball shoes be better than crosstrainers for HJ training, seeing as how training is mainly plyometrics and weights? I'm looking at these: ...
Though I never used them for plyos I suppose BBall shoes would be good for that activity and they also wouldn't be bad in the weight room. But let me say this,...
I was thinking about this lately. Almost everyone in the USA is told to do squats and cleans. I do them. But elsewhere people have managed to jump high with...
Completely unrelated to my last post, I was wondering how skiing related to HJing. It obvioulsy requires a lot of leg/core strength and coordination. However,...
I have been looking at the iaaf world rankings for senior and u20 and have noticed the heights that chinese u18's and u20's have been clearing. for example two...
Hi Dan Majorly different activity Demands of turning in skiing - which is where the real work occurs - is an ability to repetitively resist large loadings -...
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Jan 2, 2005 6:34 pm
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The 2008 Olympics on home soil The high jump is not the only event young athletes are starting to show through Denis Doyle ... From: "dazzyduk2004"...
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Jan 2, 2005 6:35 pm
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Hi Dan In the USA your sport is 'school' based. You employ specialist lifting coaches who naturally have a background in Olympic lifting. They can produce...
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Jan 2, 2005 6:46 pm
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I think that this subject is very interesting and also important to highjumpers, especially us collegiates who have to adhere to the rule of a conditioning...
Hi Joel I think you sum up the biggest potential problem in your first paragraph Bear in mind that for Olympic lifters their whole career is refining their ...
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Jan 3, 2005 1:30 am
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I'm answering this without benefit of seeing any other responses as I try to view and react to these posts in a chronological fashion. I don't know who told...
With the 2008 Olympics coming to Beijing, 21 year old Olympic Champion 110 meter hurdler Xiang Liu for inspiration, and 1.3 billion people you better believe...
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... been ... within ... Hi and a HAPPY NEW YEAR Later this month China is sending to Australia to compete in Youth Olympics an under 18 team which has 9 world...
Hello once again everyone. I would like to start off by thanking all those who replied to my question on approach speed. At my most recent meet, keeping what I...
What is the qualifying height a woman has to jump to be on the olympic "A" team for high jumping? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new...
hello everyone iam new to the field of high jump, i started high jumping as result of a programe of athletics started for recovering addicts,i joined the high...
For Athens it was 195. It hasn't been set yet for 2008 Denis Doyle ... From: "Kelli Johnson" <dato_basher@...> To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Jan 4, 2005 9:44 am
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Hi Usman Good to see the programe has given you a good focus. If you spend some time looking back through the group archivs you should be able to find pretty...
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Hi W.J. Just keep the focus on the run and take off. Try to get a feeling of being more aggressive and explosive off the ground. Try to develop a feeling of...
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That is nearly all that can be said, Denis. Arching isn't that important, except that you have to do it around the apex of your jump. Maybe your (W.J.)...
Hey Usman Its great that you have firstly given up whatever drugs you were taking and secondly that you have found a new avenue in your life. Im sure someone...
The best thing you can do to work on your technique OVER the bar is to have a VERTICAL Take-off when you leave the ground. Think about your entire body...
Cody: Well stated. The most important thing a high jumper can focus on is to be slightly leaned away (inside shoulder into the center of the imaginary circle)...
I thought arching was more important than the impression I am getting from one or two post on this subject. Rotation is a Good Thing, but to me arching is...
Hi Alan Most of a 'good arch' should come from the active contraction of the glutes/ upper hamstrings in tandem with a relaxed stretching of lower abs / upper ...
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99% of the jump happens BEFORE you are airborne. Not much you can do to affect things once you leave the ground because your spin rate, direction of flight,...
