Long jump?
i'm doin track and field and one of my events is long jump. our team doesn't have a specific coach for jumping so we never practice long jump. but i want to get better at it. any suggestions?
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Practice the standing long jump to see if you have leaping ability. Then when you go to the running long jump make sure that you are using only a 12 step approach any more and you're margin of error increases. By 12 steps, I mean that your take-off foot will hit the ground 6 times and the final time will be on the board. Once your steps are pretty accurate try not to look to the ground when you take your jump. It's pretty hard if you focus down when you are trying to go forward. Try to get some height on your jump and when you height peaks reach for your feet for the landing.Good luck!
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