John shepherd

My thoughts (adding to many) on @WorldAthletics long jump board change proposals. Best not to do it! It won’t work well in 95% of comps… it could be dangerous… read more here:

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Jumping explosiveness is based on the transition from the eccentric to the concentric stimulus. It’s plyometric - weight training is usually slow concentric … fast eccentric and quick switching time is needed to jump. 🏋️‍♀️ can limit specific strength.

Heath-Robinson approach to measuring jump height in the light of our recent eccentric focus training designed to do this. If I set up and film in the same place each time it may be useful. Jump height did seem better - note the jumpers were not trying to jump higher. (Bar 1.30m)

Doing some research on assisted plyometrics. We’ve been doing them for a couple of weeks now. Be interesting to see what the transfer is. Remember it’s difficult to just attribute change to just one inclusion - it’s how all the training ingredients function together

I was a guest on Colm Bourke’s Track & Field Performance podcast - we talk about many things including how to train speed all year round, why tempo training and even circuits can be a waste of time.
Keep@is specific and fast!
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