Jumping Activities
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The diagram illustrates two effective drills:
1 The young athlete strides out over a two-way plastice hurdle to feel the sensation of jumping for
height as well as distance.
2 A 'Jump Aid' is held out by the coach and the young athlete tries to touch it to feel the sensation
of reach and tall posture during flight.
5.3.2.2 The Flight
The next practice for the young athletes should be the flight phase movement from a one-footed
take-off with the other leg able to swing free. The sequence of learning can progress from short
approach 'pops' and landing in a lunge position to in-air walking landing in a lunge on the other leg.
The idea is to keep a good full stride in the air and to avoid 'foot flutter' during the jump. Once this
has been mastered, progress can then be made to four-stride, six-stride and eight-stride approaches.
The ‘in flight’ action illustrated in the diagram shows the legs being swung forward through the
flight and towards the landing. This action is counter-balanced by swinging the arms forward
above the head. The landing pose, if started too early, results in forward rotation of the body so that
the young athlete pitches forwards at landing. Therefore, keeping the body as long as possible in the
air for as great a period of time as possible delays the rotation.
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