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hey what's up everyone Morey Croson here from the performance lab in California and we'll do
another breakdown for you today on the long jump I know we done long jumps in the past but really
I want to go into some specific biomechanics that we're seeing within the long jump that I think can
apply to really anybody and we're gonna be used I went through this hole and this is with the
the past Olympics and they were all the different competitors and I really thought that that Vassos
overall technique was the best and I want to kind of go into the why that is and and one
of the things I want to stand out or I want to say before we get too much into it is you know
one of the great things that all sprinters do as well as well as you know just power athletes may
be a good way to put it you guys getting such a good knee Drive and such good leg pull as they're
sprinting right so see when when getting ready and usually with long jump when we do these breakdowns
we see that guys are able to do is pretty pretty good pretty naturally get that knee up being able
to pull generate force generate force generate force as are getting ready to approach the actual
long jump now what's important here is this step before right so you can see how he's loading out
it's all speed speed speed speed speed now he knows that this one's gonna be the step right
before so now he's gonna sit down a little bit more sit back a little bit more keeping the spine
neutral though right just a little bit more knee bend okay and this allows him to really get that
leg out in front and also really allows his spine to start to lean back and so you could see what's
amazing with these large numbers is such a great ability to be able to maintain a pretty straight
position within the leg be able to lean back there within the spine and then from there really being
able to allow themselves to take a lot of force within those knees and then push straight up and
then when you're up when you're pushing up now when you're in the air continuing to lean back
continuing to get those hips through a lot of times we see is that you is a hard time getting
those hips all the way through see how well he's able to pull back that spine to make it so he has
plenty of room to drive those hips all the way through the the actual movement and that makes
it so he's able to really get a lot of airtime there and then when he's in the air he doesn't
immediately go to any type of you know position that is stagnant right he's continuing to move
while in the air right see how he it's another cycle in there with his legs and then from there
being able to fully extend out those the legs really be able to extend the knees is really
the big thing and then be able to bend there in the spine I would say they're probably a little
bit better if you do that a little bit later right so you'll probably get another like cycle in here
with the legs before he went to your extension you see he goes in tucks but if you would have
been able to go and talked a little bit earlier than you would have been able to you know maybe
get just a tad bit further but you know either way an excellent excellent jump and and really
notice you know as you're as you're building right you want to be able to to use this step
this counter step right before to be able to really sit back and create that load that's
going to then transfer into this next step right so see that that load Bend here full extension
within that leg and that's where he gets all that power to be able to jump up okay so I just wanted
to be able to give you guys a bit of a run down there of what it looks like to to really do a
proper long jump right the proper biomechanics of a long jump really working on being able to
get that leg out in front here and then work on being able to get full extension with that
leg going almost straight up and that's what that happens is that because that leg is so
far out in front now you you allow yourself to be able to get a little bit more vertical
with that push off you just want to make sure that when you're pressing off you're pressing
up in a place where your your foots pretty much right underneath the hips you don't want to let
those hips go too far in front of you it's the same thing with sprinting or else then
you end up getting more of a horizontal movement roller right here they really want to be getting
mostly vertical alright and you guys have any questions and yeah if you guys want to get your
breakdown done two of the long jump we're doing really breakdowns for burning out of support
just being able to really assess it from a biomechanical standpoint give you exercise
give you drills and make it so you have a clear understanding of what it is specifically that you
need to work on I think it's gonna really really be able to help athletes all around the world so
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