HIGH JUMP EVENTS 🤸🏻‍♀️

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Hello & welcome back everyone. So today I would like to share about High Jump & Pole Vault events. High jump is a track and field event where competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without knocking it down. 

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The History:

• The first event of high jump was held in Scotland in the early 19th Century.
• The event was incorporated into the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
• Previous elite jumpers techniques was Western Roll, Eastern Cut-off or even Scissors Jump to clear the bar.
• In the modern era, athletes run towards the bar and use Fosbury Flop method of jumping where they need to leap head first with their back to the bar. 
• Fosbury Flop technique is more success than other style. 

Google Image : Techniques.

The Equipments:

1) Landing Mats.

• The landing area must be a minimum mat surface of 3m X 5m X 5m (IAAF Standards).
• The mat must be check regularly for damage & repair or replace as necessary. 

Google Image: Landing mats.

2) Cross Bars.

• Using fibreglass crossbar.
• Check the crossbar regularly to prevent from any cracks. 

Google Image: Fibreglass Crossbar.

How to measure the crossbar?

Measurement for high jump are taken from the top of the middle of the bar. The height is also checked at each end of the bar to ensure that is the level. 

Google Image: The measurement.

Phases of High Jump:

1) Approach Measurement.

🎃 Firstly, take an arm’s length distance parallel from the edge of the landing mat. Take another 2 steps forward and mark it (Takeoff Checkpoint). Turn to the left hand side, take 5 steps and another 5 steps to left and mark it again (Curve Running Checkpoint). Lastly, take another 5 straight to your right hand side (Straight Running Checkpoint).

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2) Approach Phase.

🎃 To keep the approach simple we will discuss it as having 5 steps on the straight and 5 on the curve. Continue to accelerate in a straight line until you reached the fifth step. Slow down as they approach the transition to the turn. Maintain your speed before making a jump.

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3) Takeoff Phase.

🎃 During the takeoff, athletes will transition from a curved approach to a vertical takeoff. During the takeoff steps the athlete should maintain speed and "stay away" from the bar. Arm action can either continue single arm or be double arm at takeoff. When the athlete plants the takeoff leg, it will need to be braced or ready for the jump. The knee of the penultimate leg will be brought up because of stored energy from the previous step.

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4) Flight Phase.

🎃 During the takeoff the head should have been looking at the far standard. As the athlete becomes airborne, with hips near the bar, the head should look directly back so that the hips will rise over the bar. To get the feet to clear the bar, the athlete will bring their head back to the chest, finally landing on their upper back in the pit.

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5) Landing Phase.

🎃 Land on the mat properly. Touch the mat with your upper back first. After clearing the bar you'll want to land on your upper back and shoulders to avoid injury. The rest of your body will follow and it may feel right to let the movement turn into a backward tumble. If so, relax and try to roll into the tumble. If you tumble, push the roll to either the left or right side of your upper back and put your body's weight over the respective shoulder (rather than directly over the head) so the pressure is distributed away from the neck.

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The Drills:

The drills.

Drills video.

Finally, we're done yeayyyyy. That's all about high jump. See you on next simple update about Pole Vault 😘