Olympics tips - High Jump + Discus?
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For the discus, you have to be powerful.  That means able to put strength at high speed.  It helps to do Olympic-style lifts: snatch, and clean and jerk- these make you stronger but also more powerful so you don't lose your speed.  In my opinion, technique is everything- if you work on good technique, you can use more speed and put better power.\nThe Olympic lifts also help with high jump.  Try to be flexible in the abs- you want to be able to bend backwards over a chair.  You also don't want any weight you're not going to use.  If you did high jump alone, then you don't want too much arm strength- it's harder to jump with more weight.\nThese are actually kind of an awkward combo.  Jumping power helps in discus, but upper body strength in discus hurts high jump.
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This event requires power. You need explosivness, strength, balance, coordination, timing, concentration and able to relax while giving maximum effort. \nTraining for Shot involves technical work, weightlifting, running, and plyometrics.\nWork the major muscle groups...legs, hips, back, arms and shoulder \nDo lots of reps with light weights (50-60 percent of your max for the exercise) for strength endurance. \nDo fewer reps with 80 percent max weight for pure strength.\nfor strength phase do sets of three reps Olympic lifts and three to five squats, also implement plyometric exercises\nIf you need specific exercises email me I'll give you some drills and stuff
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Plyometrics like mad. Leg strengthing, lunges, and lots of free weights.\n\nVB isn't the brownie scouts.
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mmmmm u should get sumthing from the greek olympic games.......thall be fun........look it them up on wkipedia or sumthing.......yah haha.
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To get ready for Dukes of hasard Jessica Simpson did 45min of Lunges and squats. When you go on the treadmill steadly increase the hill every minete untill you hit the max limit jogg there for 10 min and steadly decrease down every 1min the same way. you'll be puttin on those short shorts in no time!\nGood Luck
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try this site...it's pretty good.\nhttp://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/triplejump/index.htm
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I am a collegiate high jumper!  I am white.\n\nA white guy won the last olympics in high jump!\n\nI have a 39.5" inch vertical, done the way they do it in the nfl combine, my uncle held the White Sox vertical record (after Jordan played for the Birmingham Barrons - Jordan's was 38.5 or39) my uncle had a 42 inch vert.  \n\nAlso, everyone stating that all of these people have 40+ inch verticles please check your numbers.  Only a  slight few of the nfl players have a 40+ inch verical (taken the correct way) and I think other than mens volleyball no mainstream sport has a high percentage of people over 40 inch verticals.\n\nIn college a main majority of all-american high jumpers are white.  Last year there were 6 out of the 9 all americans were white.  The truth is - blacks don't necesarilly jump higher or farther than whites but it is true that blacks are statistically faster than whites so that coupled with more control at takeoff in a sport like basketball or football would incinuate that more blacks jump higher than whites.  \n\nIt really is not a race thing, you know it is more of a genetic thing.  Therefore, blacks or African Americans are genetically predisposed to being more athletically gifted, though.  However, I will go out on a limb and say that the highest concentration a person will find of high verticals is in Men's volleyball and most of those guys are white.  I have heard that to get on the men's U.S. national team a person must have at least a 48" vert.  Now, I know my vert is high at 39.5"  but there is no physicall way I can add 9.5 inches to my vert and that is just being realistic so also don't by into these jumpsoles and stuff, just do powercleans or powersquats - preferably powercleans help more.\n\nSo to get a legit 4-6 inches on your vertical work on power cleans and plyometrics for a few YEARS!  Otherwise I hope genetically you were born with good jumping ability.  I dunked in the 8th grade and my brother (is a sophmore in high school) can do some rediculous dunks - a windmill and a 360. But, I can do a 360 windmill and he is almost 6'6" and I am 6'4" - that was just the training part that helped me. But really, it  has 90% to do with genetics.
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The world record for the high jump is 2.45 meters or 8.03 feet.  The highest aided jump, (Pole Vault) is 20.14 feet or 6.14 meters.
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jump higher than what?
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At a meet: In sprints it is good to focus on being the first person to have your feet on every wall.  In long distance events, it is a good idea to play catch up... you catch up to someone and pass them, then you look for the next person you can see ahead of you and catch up to and pass them, etc., and this can continue as you are lapping people.\n\nIn practice, for each set, pick something you want to work on and focus on that for the set.  Like if your coach gives you a long boring set, you can decide that you are going to work on fast flip turns, or that you are going to try to streamline as far as you can off every wall, making it a competition for yourself to keep it going without losing form or distance off the wall.  Breath control also gives you something else to focus on and keeps you in rhythm (breath every 3 strokes, 5 strokes, etc. by 25).
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Piersol\n\nbut look out for Lochte and Phelps.. they are both getting really good at back
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boys and girls\n100 meters\n4x100 relay\n200 meters\n330 hurdles\n400 meters\n100 hurdles\n800 meters\n4x800 relay\n4x400 relay\n1600 meters\n3200 meters\nshot put\ndiscus\npole vault\nhigh jump\nlong jump
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I recommend the Fall Olympics.
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If you can stand a barbell, you can stand a hoop. Have fun! :)
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its good that you're nice and tall\nHowever, unfortunately, the discus throw originated as, and has always been an event of technique and strength\nHowever, strength is variable and can always be increased through working out\nYour question depends on you\nIf you want to be a good thrower, you need the drive to do it, thats the most important part\nI'm five nine and I've been throwing with my friend on our high school throwing team for about a year and right about now, I'm definitely a decent thrower. \nbasically, of course you can be a decent thrower\nlearn the proper technique, see what you can do, and then just keep improving your strength from there\ngood luck
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JUST DO IT! its feels awesome after you do, then huck a three on a jump once you get used to them
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Jump with extra weight