letsrun: teach me about triple jump

Google "Boo Schexnayder".

Like long jump you need good speed down the runway.

Run through the first phase, don't drop the hips and plant in front of your COG like you would for a LJ takeoff.

Stay low to the ground - think of triple jumping as the same as skipping a rock across water. A big first phase will lead to sinking on the next phase.

Try to get them to cycle in the air to the second phase. Beginners tend to want to push off and then swing their leg all the way through to the second phase (it goes LLR or RRL, so you land on the same foot on the second phase that you took off with).

Work on snapping the second leg through before the last phase. Beginners tend to reach on the last phase which means they don't generate any power.

I have my kids do lots of standing triple jumps or 2-3 step jumps. We rarely due full run jumps.

On many days they can train like long jumpers - speed work and landing drills.

All you need to know about it is that it is without doubt the stupidest event in the whole of T&F. Perhaps even the daftest event in all of sports

Lavayen wrote:

All you need to know about it is that it is without doubt the stupidest event in the whole of T&F. Perhaps even the daftest event in all of sports

You obviously haven't seen racewalking.

Lavayen wrote:

All you need to know about it is that it is without doubt the stupidest event in the whole of T&F. Perhaps even the daftest event in all of sports

Why?

I did the triple jump in high school and scored some points in small meets, but only managed 41'

My teammate went 45'9" which got our school record.

No one coached us. We just practiced and helped each other with marking our steps.

We watched it on TV and tried to do it.

Seeing that long second phase by Willie Banks was crazy.

Just watch videos and show the jumpers the videos.

This is a good resource: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/triplejump/