|
1.
Practice jumping and landing on the back:
Have students
form a line up to the front of the HJ pit. Standing with
their backs toward the pit and their heels a foot or so
away, one-by-one have them jump backwards off both feet
and land on their mid to upper backs in the pit. Instruct
them not to look back, but to watch their hands and feet
in the air and do a backwards roll in the pit if they can.
(The first time through, spot jumpers by placing your hand
in the small of the back to be sure they land in the pit.)
2. Practice jumping and clearing
a bar:
Place an elastic or standard crossbar on the
HJ standards at about the same height as the top of the
pit (2-feet). One-by- one, have students jump backwards
off both feet, lift their legs over the bar, and do a backward
roll in the pit.
3.
Determine the take-off foot:
Almost all right-handed students will take-off from the
left foot, and vice versa. Instruct students who kick a
ball with the right leg that they should take off from the
left foot on the right side of the landing pit... and vice
versa.
4.
Practice the run-up and jump:
Place 3 pieces of athletic tape 4-feet apart on the approach
area leading to the pit. One-by-one, have each students
lined up on the right side of the pit stride forward and
hit the 1st tape mark with the left foot, the 2nd tape mark
with the right foot, the 3rd with the left ... take-off
and step up onto the pit. Have students lined up on the
left of the pit do the same ... right-left-right up onto
the pit.
|
