Nigel Lewis - Senior UK Athletics Jumps and Combined Events Coach
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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME: I was Head of a large Physical Education Department in a South Wales High School for 28 years and lecturer for many years but left the teaching and lecturing profession in 2002 to pusue other ventures. I now spend some or as my wife says most of my time coaching, writing long jumping articles, triple jump manuals and articles and blogs and developing my website. I am still actively coaching and at the moment have a group of 6 jumpers [5 long and one triple jumper] and a female heptahlete in my group.
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For many years I was the Event Coach in Wales for the Jumping Events and was part of Coaching Teams at the last two Commonwealth Games in Manchester [2002] and Melbourne [2006]
I currently work for UK, England and Welsh Athletics as a Senior Coach Education Tutor and Assessor
NEWS JANUARY 2010
Take a look at the YOU TUBE VIDEO CLIP below showing a female jumper demonstrating the Hang Style of Long Jumping. She jumped 5.84m and placed first in an Open Meeting in Birmingham a few weekends ago
Several of my group jumped last weekend. Not a bad start to the indoor season. I use the indoor season to monitor the training programme so far. Three of my female jumpers recorded leaps of 5.51m/5.61m and5.84m. So quite pleased knowing that there's more to come.
Had a good weekend at the Welsh National Indoor Age Group Championships in Cardiff. Two of my group gained national titles. Jamie Morris won the Under 17's Long Jump with a pb of 6.38m and Ross McKenzie won the U20 Triple Jump with a pb of 13.22m.
Take a look at this link below: Jumpers, Throwers and Combined Event Athletes of the Year in 2009
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THE HANG ARM ACTION [see above] - This was a drill that I did with this young female jumper. She is a left-legged take-off. The left arm is the arm that contributes approximately 25% to the vertical impulse. This arm drives up head level, is checked and dropped quickly downwards and upwards and above the head. The right arm is driving back in a normal running action and circles upwards to a high point above the head where it joins the left arm [this is very evident from the film clip].
The session objective was to reinforce the hang arm action. The further she can get the arms away from her mid-point the better. It creates a moment of inertia [holding back of rotation].
You'll observe that she does manage to get both arms very high. Her timing of the arms is excellent and she doesn't rush and throw her arms forwards and downwards too early.
She holds the arms vertically until she begins her descent to the sand then drives them forwards and downwards - this action draws her legs through as short dynamic levers and into a leg chute.
Even from such a short approach run I want all my jumpers to attempt to leg chute even though they don't have a great deal of forward momentum. It becomes habit forming.
Note the excellent positioning of her head throughout the flight phase.
I'm always looking around for information on any Jump Related Activity. Here's one I found recently. This is a JUMP MANUAL which tells and shows you how you can increase your Vertical Jump. It is really worth a look.....
