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Shaun
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:36 am    Post subject: Long Jump Reply with quote

Hi i am a 21 year old man who wants to start competing in the long jump, but i dont know what standard i should be aiming for to compete at club or national or international level. Can some please tell me what is the distance needed to be jumped to compete at the levels mentioned above?

Also how far i should be looking at for a standing jump would be helpful to?

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

X-King and Justin are the local UK stats guys, so they might know the answer to that. My guess, though, is you'll need to look up previous results or contact the area clubs (always the best place to start for most such things).

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Shaun.

As Dan pointed out I am British myself, so I do know the distances needed to compete at club level, national level and/or international level within Great Britain.

To compete successfully at British club level you need distances anywhere from 6.0-7.5m.

To compete successfully at national level you need to jump distances in the 7.0-8.0m range(with the current state of British jumping 8.00m is only 3rd best in the country!)

And to compete successfully at international (and if all goes well, World level) you need to jump anywhere from 7.90-8.50m.

There are several links(actually there are 8 links) on training for Long Jump listed below:

http://www.boja.org/jump_long.htm

http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/cis/field-ath/papers/jh.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.lewis2a/index.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.lewis2a/page2.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.lewis2a/page3.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.lewis2a/page4.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.lewis2a/page5.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.lewis2a/page6.html


There are many Videos of people Long-Jumping

Carl Lewis is a good example as he is a great technician.

Carl Lewis Long Jumping Videos:

http://www.carllewis.com/video.jumping.menu.1.html

They only take around 5-10 minutes to fully download.
But they are worth the wait.

The slow-mo replays are the best, as they show front-on views of King Carl in full flow.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for making me look good. Smile

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's OK.
Anytime Dan Wink Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the above information, its very helpful. What about the standing jump though? how far would a good long jumpers standing jump be?

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Regrading the distnace for the Standing Long Jump,
What is your PRs in both Long Jump & 100m?
Are you an explosive starter?

If you provide me with the above info. I will be able to provide with an adequate distance which you should be achieving for the Stnading Long Jump.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is the standing LJ still contested? Confused

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes in Britain within Indoor 'Sprotshall' competitions.

Check it out Dan.

Link:
http://www.sportshall.org/default.asp?page=7C3356243A3F743B5E2D7232&articleid=CE67CE67C462DA67

We have Standing Long & Standing Triple.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like it's just for youth?

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes it is for youths.

I have much infomation on standing jumps

If you want any information on either Standing Jumps within the OG from 1900-1912, and the current World Bests for standing jumps(SLJ & SHJ), and reported marks in all standing jumps just e-mail me.
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