lindenwood high jumper

he played bball though and ballers have mad upz

In jumping events, you either have it or you don't. I don't believe training helps much in any way other than practicing good techniques. I have a feeling if this guy practiced for 30 days in a row after this, he has about as good a chance at going under 7'3.25" as over it in his next meet. Don't get me wrong though, that's pretty freaking high, probably 2-2.5 ft higher than I could go.

have you seen this?? wrote:

this guy high jumped once in high school several years ago...6'8" or something with no training...

he decided to come out for track, practiced for 2 days, and jumped 7'3.25"....IN TRAINERS (lets not turn this into a rexing thread though...)

heres the video

http://www.polevaultpower.com/media/video/dthomas222.wmv

ther eis also a story on trackshark.

You just got punked!

Dude, Saying you either have it or you dont is completely retarded. Although people start out at different heights, its totally possible to improve vastly. Saying you cant improve in the jumps barely is just stupid.

no vertical wrote:

In jumping events, you either have it or you don't. I don't believe training helps much in any way other than practicing good techniques. I have a feeling if this guy practiced for 30 days in a row after this, he has about as good a chance at going under 7'3.25" as over it in his next meet. Don't get me wrong though, that's pretty freaking high, probably 2-2.5 ft higher than I could go.

The above is one of the stupidest posts I've seen regarding high jump. In fact, I'm sure of it. I've seen guys improve their jumping ability as well as their technique over periods of time, it happened to me as well. What an asinine thought.

By the way, that guy's form is not that great, he could jump 7'07'' with better technique, maybe higher. The first thing I saw when I saw that video was that he had poor knee drive and took a bad angle into the jump.

When I started doing high jump my sophomore year of high school my PR progression went like this:

Sophomore: 5'0"

Junior: 5'8"

Senior: 6'2"

Freshman(College): 6'6"

Sophomore: 6'8"

That's over a foot and a half of improvement in 5 years. Proper training, technique, and approach have something to do with being a decent high jumper. I think if this guy practiced for 2-3 years he could get in the upper 7's easily. Who knows...maybe take a stab at 8?

How many meters is that? The jump and 8 feet as well.

Mtn Dew wrote:

By the way, that guy's form is not that great, he could jump 7'07'' with better technique, maybe higher. The first thing I saw when I saw that video was that he had poor knee drive and took a bad angle into the jump.

yeah... his formed SUCKED so much that he jumped 7'3.25" on his first try...

there's another thread about it...

ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FORUM.

I mean, at least take a freaking look around.

pogo wrote:

there's another thread about it...

ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FORUM.

I mean, at least take a freaking look around.

hey douschebag...that one is about the NAIA championships. i dont give a crap about that. if thats not the one you are talking about, i don't see it. so if you had already read about it, why did you read this one? why are you so angry? you are a genuine person. its ok. don't be upset.

iloverunning wrote:

Mtn Dew wrote:

By the way, that guy's form is not that great, he could jump 7'07'' with better technique, maybe higher. The first thing I saw when I saw that video was that he had poor knee drive and took a bad angle into the jump.

yeah... his formed SUCKED so much that he jumped 7'3.25" on his first try...

I never said it sucked, I said it wasn't great, that's true, his form isn't great. What height he cleared is immaterial in my eyes. He could get 3-4 inches higher with better form.

TT 2:06:16 wrote:

How many meters is that? The jump and 8 feet as well.

His jump was 2.22m, 8 feet is 2.44.

A lot of that improvement was probably due to nothing but growing and maturing as a man (sorry if that sounds gay). I knew a guy in HS who was defending state champ in hj after his soph year. He tore his bicep or something in football and missed about a month of meets his jr. year. His first meet out, people from his team said he'd only jumped at a couple practices that week, he jumped 7'0" or 7'1". He won state again that year but as far as I heard, never broke 7'0" again his jr or sr years. Stuff like this is maybe what the "got it or you don't" guy was talking about. This guy also now plays WR for the 49ers so he's a pretty good athlete and example.

He destroyed that. And he almost missed the pit.

pogo wrote:

there's another thread about it...

ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FORUM.

I mean, at least take a freaking look around.

Thanks for the freaking information. 16 people posted to this so I guess it wasn't freaking worthless. You wasteed your time posting that.

His form is VERY good. Especially for a beginner. I just checked out his video and found only very minor flaws. I will guess that his coach will try all sorts of things to make him better and only beat his legs to death and the guy will not improve this season. Just a guess from experience though. I don't know how many basketball players I've seen hit their best jumps on their first week of jumping. Most high jump coaches work the legs too much and kill the athlete. Back to form, I can't believe what a natural this guy is to have form like that instinctively. Go to your state's high school championship and see how many guys who have been working all season have form like that. Not many.

The video said the dude was jumping in Nike Shox. Is that legal? I thought there were rules about sole height and all that stuff for jumping shoes.