I cant do high jump at my track meet. Can someone help?

Coach has me doing high jump at our track meet to replace someone cause she has seen me play around with it a few times but i cant even get over the bar. Any tips?|||When you high jump, you want to arch your back when you go over because the form allows you to jump higher, so practice the arch by doing bridges on the ground. It will take a while for your body to get the exact form, but over time you will. And when you first jump, do almost a super mario jump (see below). When you jump over the bar, lift up both of your arms as if you are trying to throw yourself over it.





Some drills you can do are dolphin kicks, hurdling the bar, and scissor kicks.





To do a dolphin kick, stand in front of the mat, jump up and over the bar, arch your back, and kick you legs up. You should lower the bar to about 3'4", and if you have a bungee cord, use that instead of the bar so you don't have to keep readjusting it.





Hurdling the bar mostly strengthens your leg that you jump off of. Lower the bar to maybe about 3'4" (lower if you want) and stand as far away as your steps, but directly in front of it. The run and jump as if you were hurdling it, but use your jumping leg to push off. (The leg I push off for hurdles is different than the one I push off for high jump so if you hurdle too you might need to adjust or just not do this practice)





Scissor kicks also help your leg. Keep the bar at the same height as mentioned above but stand off to the side of the mat. Run and lift the leg closest to the mat up then push up with the other leg (which should be the leg you jump off of). When you are doing this, it is like you are pretending to be a giant pair of scissors. Also, try to land on your feet.





Oh, and a fourth drill you can do are jumps for height. It is kind of like a super mario jump. Push off with your jumping leg and raise the opposite arm, but keep it at a 90 degree angle. (Although when you really jump you will be lifting both arms).





The fourth drill is good because it is as if you are about to jump the actual bar, but there is nothing there at all. I personally think this is the best drill.





So for form, do bridges and try to get your body to arch that way when you jump the bar. Over time, you'll get used to it and you will be able to jump higher heights. Good luck!





You won't be able to successfully clear the bar on your first try, and it takes a lot of patience... Oh! I remembered another drill. Its called 'Cookie Training' lol. Okay, there should be more than 1 high jump bar, and maybe a bungee cord. But you need at least 2 bars or 1 bar and 1 bungee cord. Put the bungee on (if you don't have one just use a bar) and get one of the bars, a hair tie, a plastic bag, and a couple of cookies. (This is supposed to be done with a partner). Put a cookie in the bag, then tie it with the hair tie (or rubber band) and then tie that to one of the ends of the high jump pole. You get ready to jump and the person will hold the bar over the other bar/bungee (high enough that you don't crash into it) and you try to grab hold of the bag with the cookie :D Of course you can do this without cookies, or any other food..., but its always more fun to have a reward!





Um that was long... Anyways, the point of that cookie training is to help to arch your back over the bar and stretch upwards when you jump. It sounds stupid, but its fun and it does help :)





Thats just pretty much to get the form down, if you need any help on how the actual start begins, feel free to send me a message :)|||Hj can be difficult. It all comes down to your speed when you plant and how you lift up. Gte a dvd to help.


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