Visualization and Visual References

In all jumping events, success is often in the details. And of the many variables that contribute to a performance jump, visualization and the setting up of visual references are the most crucial ones. The jumper must not only know where s/he is in space at all times, but the very action of launching oneself for the runup and taking off to land is always mentally rehearsed. It is a process that starts with what sports psychologists call Mental Imagery. More

 The Jumping Events Then and Now

The history of the jumping events is closely tied to the overall history of track and field. If Man was a runner from “the earliest times”, He was also a jumper for the same reasons. And within that history, there had been a gradual evolution of each jumping event. In fact, evolution is the underlying principle binding all jumping events together. More

 

 

Plyometrics and the Jumper

Defined as “Exercises that enable a muscle to reach maximum strength in as short a time as possible”, Plyometric exercises have and continue to be an important part of the jumper’s training regimen. Before Fred Wilt invented the name in 1975, plyometric exercises were simply known as “jump training”. More