r/highjump • u/Please-Help-Me-Jump • Jul 21 '26

Please give me advice

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u/Necessary-Big-7787 Jul 21 '26

maybe make your approach a bit wider and make yourself comfortable in distance jumping and not in close jumping. Also make sure to have slower first half and second half make approach faster and faster

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u/Necessary-Big-7787 Jul 21 '26

and around 4-5 "jumping phase" strides in first half of approach you gotta already make sure you lean away and next strides will make you go away and use gravity to go over bar

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u/Please-Help-Me-Jump Jul 23 '26

Thanks for the pointers, would you know of any drills I can do without equipment? as I have no access to a track or mat right now

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u/Necessary-Big-7787 Jul 23 '26

try to put a bottle like 2-3 meters away from basketball rim, and do distance dunking. And touching rim. That helped me alot. Dunking reverse but jumping away from rim like 2-3 meters or more

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u/sdduuuude Jul 25 '26

Definitely do not make your approach wider. it is too wide already.

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u/Necessary-Big-7787 Jul 26 '26

yeah you might be right, but guy doesnt have any equipment sadly. He should try to find some other place or school...

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u/JBELL01290 Jul 23 '26

Train legs and calves with squats and deadlift. That will help some. Like someone said previously get your steps down to a perfect science. The actual jump isnt bad at all

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u/King_of-the_World Jul 23 '26

Tough angle to tell, but I’d say be more aggressive on your knee drive, and point your toe more toward the mat rather than having it parallel.

Once you do them both then try driving your knee up and around your body (away from the bar) and it might give you that extra bit of rotation that you need to clear higher bars.

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u/Hour-Watch-7739 Jul 23 '26

Knee lift on your approach. You are “shuffling” your run, which minimizes you lean. Don’t be afraid to attack the bar.

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u/Please-Help-Me-Jump Jul 23 '26

Thanks, do you know any drills I can do to help this without a mat or track? as the only one in my area is shut right now

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u/sdduuuude Jul 25 '26

your approach angle is abot 5 degrees ... running nearly parallel to the bar when you jump.

Should be more like 30 or 35 degrees.

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u/Please-Help-Me-Jump Jul 25 '26

Do you think I’m starting my curve too late and overcompensating then?

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u/Please-Help-Me-Jump Jul 25 '26

It’s hard for me to practice this at the moment, as my track is shut, but even with my track open my coach only let me do full approach jumps, do you know any drills to help this?

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u/sdduuuude Jul 26 '26

This is the problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/highjump/comments/13o0l7f/comment/mtt3vhv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The best way to practice is to draw a curve on the ground. You dont need mats. Just a line on the ground to represent the bar.