View Full Version : What makes a high jumper a high jumper?
skifree
03-04-2006, 07:02 PM
So basically, why are some people so much better at long and triple and some so much better at high? For example, last year I competed against a guy who cleared 6'8" in HJ, but long jumped about 20-21 feet and triple jumped about 42. Why are some people so good at high but not so hot at lj/tj? And why are some good at lj/tj and not nearly as good at high?
BOSOX38
03-04-2006, 07:12 PM
High jump is such a precision event, and it's pretty random, for lack of a better word. Long and triple require a lot more speed and power than high does (not that you can be slow and weak at either one), but I know someone who is a 6'06" HJer and an 18'00" and 38'00" long and triple jumper, respectively. HJ is a lot more mental than the other two as well.
Crfan07
03-04-2006, 07:15 PM
thats how i am sort of. i triple like 44 feet but i have hjed 7.. i think its because over all im not that fast so i dont have all that speed to carry me through the phases. And in long jump speed is pretty much the only important factor. So long and triple depend on primaryly speed and high jump relys alittle on speed and alot on technique.
hope i helped soomewhat
aidan
03-04-2006, 09:49 PM
height matters more for high jump too :)
Leavitt Jumper
03-06-2006, 12:26 PM
height matters more for high jump too :)
Not exactly true.
At the New England Meet this weekend all but one jumper who made the podium was 6-1 or shorter. Of course you wont see a rediculously short kid highjumping, but if your tall it doesnt necessarily mean your going to be better at highjump.
HJfrick
03-06-2006, 01:28 PM
The kid that beat me at states indoor last year was 5'8" and he jumped 6'10"
NVJumper13
03-06-2006, 05:29 PM
The kid that beat me at states indoor last year was 5'8" and he jumped 6'10"
yeah we got a couple of short kids who are pretty good round here too. one junior is only 5'1"-5'3" and high jumped 6'4" last year. look at stefen holm. he's what, like 5'11" and high jumps 7'11". the higher you get though, the more height starts to matter.
Crfan07
03-06-2006, 07:47 PM
Not exactly true.
At the New England Meet this weekend all but one jumper who made the podium was 6-1 or shorter. Of course you wont see a rediculously short kid highjumping, but if your tall it doesnt necessarily mean your going to be better at highjump.
lol he was talkin about like jumping high i think
aidan
03-06-2006, 10:38 PM
nah.. i was talkin about tall people high jumping... obviously at some point, being tall hurts, because you just can't jump high at all really (see most NBA 7 footers), but in general it helps...
as far as the 5'8" guy from New York that jumps 6'10".. he is something else. I saw him at Easterns; pretty insane to watch.
i got second to that kid in easterns! he is disgusting. i think he won the long jump to.
he also has like the WORST form in the world, he could be amazing
aidan
03-07-2006, 11:26 PM
i got second to that kid in easterns! he is disgusting. i think he won the long jump to.
he also has like the WORST form in the world, he could be amazing
disgusting>amazing
so he already is amazing.. but i get what you mean... btw.. where did this kid come from? I don't remember hearing about him before. What kind of distances/heights did he put up last winter/spring????
HJfrick
03-07-2006, 11:34 PM
I don't know who you are talking about, due to my being sick and missing Easterns, but if you wanna see how he's done before, go to the Eastern' Results, find his name, and look for it on the Elite List.
HJfrick
03-08-2006, 12:42 PM
Manning is from Jersey, not New York. I tied with him for 2nd in HJ at States.
well the kid who won Eastern States, who jumped i think 6'8 in the meet, and was ALOT shorter then me was named ryan manning. I had assumed thats who you were talking about.
aidan
03-08-2006, 06:49 PM
well the kid who won Eastern States, who jumped i think 6'8 in the meet, and was ALOT shorter then me was named ryan manning. I had assumed thats who you were talking about.
yeah.. ryan manning, thats who I was talking about. That kid is gross, pretty much.
HJfrick
03-08-2006, 07:43 PM
Manning isn't that short, he's got to be at least 5'10. Height helps in HJ but it's not everything.
aidan
03-08-2006, 07:58 PM
Manning isn't that short, he's got to be at least 5'10. Height helps in HJ but it's not everything.
i really don't think hes 5'10".. im 5'11" on a good day, and I was looking down at him, if i remember correctly.
HJfrick
03-08-2006, 10:49 PM
He can't be shorter than 5'8"
skifree
03-08-2006, 11:05 PM
manning is a beast. Has he broke 24 in LJ yet? I know he jumped 23'10" at varsity classic. Luckily, he hasn't learned too much form in TJ so im safe.. for now. But you are right, I don't really remember hearing much about him last year either.
well if manning is 5'8.... even though he's more like 5'7... then he still jumps 4 inches higher than me if he really jumped 6'10..... I am 6'1. that means that i have 5 inches above my head.... he has 9.... that is disgusting. (i hope to god i got that math right).... though i think, i saw in one of those track journals that the highest height above someones head they jumped was like 23 inches, for some guy who jumped 7'6...... that makes me feel REALLY bad about myself
NVJumper13
03-09-2006, 11:51 PM
i think, i saw in one of those track journals that the highest height above someones head they jumped was like 23 inches
i think the highest anyone has gone over their own head is 59cm. and for women it's 33cm i think. here's a list:
http://www.scholm.com/engstart.htm
HJfrick
03-10-2006, 10:25 AM
As far as I know Manning has only cleared 6'8"
Sully 800
03-15-2006, 12:24 PM
i think the highest anyone has gone over their own head is 59cm. and for women it's 33cm i think. here's a list:
http://www.scholm.com/engstart.htm
59 cm is 23 inches.
HJfrick
11-26-2008, 01:54 PM
Most replies out of any thread in the forum :D
HJ Beast
11-26-2008, 03:58 PM
hmmmmm wat
ACVault
11-26-2008, 06:50 PM
I think that high jump, as well as pole vault for that matter requires several aspects that all elite jumpers have.
Calculated thinking ability - you have to be able to asses each attempt and the things that are right or wrong.
Mental toughness - You have to be focused in hj and pv, it takes concentration to execute proper technique and you have to be willing to try to be at one hundred percent for each attempt.
Good learning ability - a good hj'er/pv'er absorbs knowledge and has to be willing to make adjustments to their technique, even if it means temporarily shorter heights.
Physical toughness - Sometimes you just feel like hell but still have to suck it up and go for that third attempt.
skifree
11-26-2008, 08:45 PM
haha wow this thread is old. i don't even remember making it
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