High Jump: Distance on the Road of Progress

You started at 16 or 17? You started early enough that you have not missed any opportunities. You can reach your lifetime potential if you work hard and have a good coach. How long that takes could je anywhere between 2 years and 10 years, depending on a lot of factors.

Anyway, you shouldn't have too much regret about waiting to start high jump.

HunchoJack wrote:

I am currently a junior in HS and I have just started engaging in my school’s track and field activities and I have come to really enjoy the High Jump event. I find the event both challenging and exhilarating, and I firmly believe I could never get tired off it. My only regret is not doing track and field sooner, which poses my question. Could I, a beginner, train every day for a year and become impressively good in the High Jump event, and if so how much training and dedication would be required? Thank You so much!

Do you have fu-kin' autism or something?

Here’s a pretty good website on high jump technique and the author claims as a high schooler he went from 5’ 4” to 6’ 6” in one year. So the answer seems to be, yes, some people have improved a lot in the high jump in a year. Good luck!

http://www.highjumphigher.com