Winter-Coaching Series 2017 - Day 6 - High Jump Report
High Jump Report from Day 6 of Cork Athletics Winter Coaching Series 2017
By Martin O'Sullivan, High Jump Coach
CIT Track
Saturday December 9th 2017
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Photos from Day 4 in Cork Athletics Facebook Album
Day 6 Report by Martin O'Sullivan
It was a very wet afternoon at CIT today, so will done to all who attended today, the 6th and final day of the Cork Athletics winter coaching series.
Key points from today’s session;
- Mat exercises with landing drills & bar clearance.
- Take off drills to jump higher.
- Key drills to do at home to improve / maintain technique.
- Used the jumping board to do practice jumps.
As it was so wet today we could not do any running drills for proper curve and lean as the surface was too wet and slippery. The conditions made jumping very difficult but again fair play to the athletes as they never complained and just got on with the training & jumping as if there was no rain at all.
The introduction of the jumping board proved to be very popular, (a big thank you to Liscarroll AC for letting us borrow it. ). The jumping board gave the athletes an opportunity to hit new heights whereby they would not be able to hit. It can also get the jumper to focus more on the technique above the bar by allowing them to have that bit more time in the air, but of course the enjoyment of been sprung into the air seemed to get a smile each time.
We were mainly concentrating on jumping technique today and did a quick summary on what we had done over the last five sessions. As the weather did not allow us to get in a jumping competition, please see below the heights achieved with the jumping board. Congrats to all jumpers, they cleared well above their target height be it with the jumping board.
Over the past 6 weeks, 28 athletes in total took part in the high jump in some form or another. May I take this opportunity to wish all the jumpers the very best of luck in the up and coming competitions, I hope that they have taken something away with them from the last 6 sessions that will benefit them in to the future. Thanks also to all those parents who helped out. Very much appreciated
Regards Martin.
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