Featured are the pre-season and in-season programs that helped Conway jump 22" over his head. Physical preparation, correct form, and explsiveness are emphasized. Also featured are weight training demonstrations, bounding, and plyometric drills, jump drills, measuring your approach run, proper bar clearance, momentum using your arms, the role of the center of gravity, several jump drills, and training tips. Your jumpers will add inches to their high jump after studying this tape!

1991. 36 minutes.

More than just a technique video, this DVD explores an entire high jump program.

Mike Garcia begins with a classroom overview of coaching the high jump and how to look for athletes who possess the attributes needed to successfully high jump.

Seasonal Planning and Organization
Garcia focuses his planning around a traditional high school season--8-10 weeks on the track with training beginning in late February. Garcia breaks down the season into a 3-phase training plan:

• The Habit Phase - This early season phase focuses on conditioning and establishing consistent approaches by forming good habits. Consistent approaches lead to consistent heights!
• Mid-Season Phase - A 3-4 week phase characterized by "developmental meets" and hard training.
• Championship Phase - This focuses on fine tuning for regional and state championship competition.

Creating Workouts
Garcia discusses how he constructs his practices. He details strategies for general warm-up, high jump specific technique and training, as well as the importance of the end of practice time where excellent coach-athlete communication opportunities exist. Included in this segment are strategies to most effectively accommodate both novice jumpers and elite jumpers at the same time.

On the Track Segment
Garcia provides a step-by-step overview of how he teaches the event, identifies common mistakes that rob your athletes of success, and discusses strategies for jumping order and passing.

In the drill segment, Garcia delivers curve drills, basketball drills, wall drill, circle drill, pit drill, 3 and 4 step drills and approach drills. He then breaks down several full jumps narrating each jump and sharing invaluable coaching points on each jump. He follows with a hurdle drill that he utilizes at practice and at meets that are especially good to execute between jumps.

Garcia concludes his presentation by sharing his "best practice" strategies for successful meet days.

66 minutes. 2011.

Legendary Nebraska Head Coach Gary Pepin and Olympic High Jumper, and former Nebraska standout, Dusty Jonas share with you technique, drills and strategies for the high jump that have propelled Jonas onto the world stage.

Beginning with a high jump specific warm-up, Coach Pepin narrates a dynamic 15-plus exercise program that prepares a high jumper for the rigors of a training session.

Pepin moves into the technical aspects of the high jump, beginning with the approach and take-off. After covering the objectives and purpose of the approach, Pepin covers three types of approaches and zeros in on his approach of preference, a 10-stride approach. He begins with establishing and measuring the actual distance for an individual's approach. You will learn how to establish a precise and consistent take-off point, as well as the technical specifics of the penultimate step and the actual take-off. Pepin includes options for arm actions and strategies for establishing optimal body angles for launching into a successful flight pattern.

Moving into flight strategies, Pepin starts with technique and follows that with four flight specific drills. Pepin and Jonas take you through seven curve and take-off drills designed to help the high jumper run a proper curve and transition into a technically sound take-off.

With all of the technical components of the approach, take-off and flight in place, Pepin moves to the back of the high jump apron and puts it all together from start to finish. He passes along coaching tips on what to look for to identify common errors in the high jump.

In addition to the technique and strategies, Pepin gives you five training components and offers strategies for designing a training program that is built back from the Championship meet. He also presents a checklist of 15 strategies for coach and athlete for making the competition day the most successful day possible

Coach Pepin leaves no stone unturned in technique and strategies for all aspects of successful high jumping.

85 minutes. 2010.

Coach Caan has developed an innovative 7-part drill series to help your high jumpers reach new heights. Caan's drills work on developing a feel or a groove for attaining proper posture on the run up, the technical nuances to assist in injury prevention, strategies for running the curve with the goal of generating "free energy" to take into the jump, take-off positioning, developing timing over the bar without the stress of a full run up, on the flop through body control with spatial awareness and more. In addition, Caan shares several gymnastics skills that can have a very positive carryover into a high jumper's development. With three expert demonstrators, accompanied by Caan's energetic instruction and innovative drills, this DVD is certain to assist you in your high jump coaching.

42 minutes. 2009.

Utilizing demonstration from two world-class high jumpers, Coach Robinson shares tips and drills for coaching high jumping. The first tip is to utilize a well-organized training plan and proper conditioning as a base for success. Technically, Robinson believes the approach is the single most important aspect of championship high jumping. All positive outcomes hinge on a proper and powerful approach. Straight ahead running teaches good acceleration mechanics and a natural step bounce. Curve line runs and S runs are also crucial to the approach of the bar. A more difficult drill is the circle run, which teaches the inward lean and is done in both directions. Full approach jumps include several methods that are trial and error for each athlete. The "skip bounce for height" drill introduces blocking mechanics at take off and ground contact. Another teaching tool is the short run jump. These jumps allow the athlete to focus on proper body posture. Proper posture and acceleration through the take off are the focus. Robinson details bar clearance with a simple "double leg flops off the ground" drill. The same drill can be varied by using a box in front of the bar as athletes get accustomed to jumping high in the air from the box. Robinson concludes with his instruction on the full approach jump. Pulling it all together, Robinson concludes this information packed presentation with world-class demonstration of a dozen proper jumps that serve to pull together and illustrate all of the components of Coach Robinson's instruction.

30 minutes. 2007.