Any coaches please help:
I am having a really hard time with 2 of my jumpers. each of them can scissor kick 5'6" but can't flop that height. i cant think of any other drills.
Any coaches please help:
I am having a really hard time with 2 of my jumpers. each of them can scissor kick 5'6" but can't flop that height. i cant think of any other drills.
I got a couple of videos from ebay to look at drills for me to teach and showed jumps to the kids. I have to constantly tell them to look back over their shoulder at the mat, chin up (that arches the back), when your hips clear snap feet up and chin to chest. The video was the best thing, though, they could see and I could explain. Good luck!
Have them do lots of 3 step and 5 step approaches using correct form. Also, standing back jumps over the bar are a good drill. Frog jumps are good too, that's when the athlete runs directly at the bar perpendicularly and jumps off two feet over the bar, it's near impossible to clear anything using poor form on that drill. Those are the drills I used and I ended up with some pretty decent form.
If the problem is arching, then lots of backovers off a 12" box can help. Coaching points:
1) palms up
2) chin on right shoulder looking at heels (not ideal, but really forces young jumpers to arch)
3) frog legs
Do not let them develop poor techniques....it hurts short term, but long term you'll reap what you sow. If you let them jump the way they feel natural, it can take a lifetime to undo.
You can also do 3 step and 5 step runs off a small box 4" - 6" to help get them use to seeing the bar at higher heights.
Developing a consistent ten step run is probably most important thing in coaching young jumpers.
To help develop that feeling of running on a curve, we do lots of runs around the circle that the soccer team painted in the middle of our field. Five steps - jump - five steps - jump, etc.
Good luck.