Even Better
Triple jump tip #2: If you¡¯re only a triple jumper or an experienced long and triple jumper, ignore tip triple jump tip #1. Take off the board with your most dominant leg. This way, two of the three jumps in the triple jump are initiated by your stronger leg.
Step On It
Two major areas of concern while race walking involve one's stride and posture. Having the correct stride while race walking is essential, since this is what mainly separates the sport from running. While running, there is a point every stride when the runner has both feet off the ground. In race walking, the racer is required to have one foot remain in contact with the ground at all times. Another one of the many race walking techniques to be mindlful of is posture. Leaning too far forward, or too far backward, can slow a racer down, and can lead to poor form, which, in turn, can lead to injury.
Wonderful Women
Does your high school have the pole vault? What about girls¡¯ pole vault? Girls¡¯ high school pole vault is one of the fastest growing events in girls¡¯ athletics. Why? Because girls were not even allowed to jump until just a few years ago! Not to mention there is plenty of money in womens¡¯ college athletics and if you are an up-and-coming female pole vaulter, chances are the colleges will look at you as a great investment.
Work It
Javelin training should incorporate a teaching progression that begins learning the carry ¨C parallel to the ground above the head with the tip slightly down to begin with but levels off as the thrower moves through the approach.
Javelin coaching within this coaching progression then moves to short throws into the ground from 3-5 steps, 3-5 walking steps throws along a line, then standing throws, 3 step running throws, and 5 step running throws. All of these drills teach the cross over javelin technique that occurs for the last five steps of the javelin run up.
Per Person
Weight lifting ¨C applicable to all track and field events, or is most helpful in shot put, javelin, hammer, and discus training? Yes, it would make sense for weightlifting to be very beneficial for throwers, the more concentrated strength and power events, however weightlifting should not be incorporated into and athlete¡¯s training based on whether or not they do a certain event.
All track and field athletes should lift weights, only the intensity of their weight training should be decided by event, but even more so by body type, age, and structure. Weightlifting strengthens muscles that support the frame of the body, specifically the knee, hip, and ankle joints that are most stressed by runners, jumpers and throwers.