COACHING AND TRAINING BOOK FOR LONG AND TRIPLE JUMP

COACHING AND TRAINING BOOK FOR LONG AND TRIPLE JUMP

The Author: Nigel Lewis

Senior Level 4 UKA Jumps Coach/Senior UKA Combined Events Coach

LAST UPDATE

4.37pm Thursday May 15th 2008

Hi, my name is Nigel Lewis and this my website. I am a UKA Level 4 Performance Coach in Jumps and a

Senior UKA Combined Events Coach.

I hope you like what you see.

Let me know

My email address is: nigel.lewis2a@virgin.net

For details on HOW TO PURCHASE my 132 page Long Jump Book/CD and to see the content details please see below. Scroll down the page and find the PAY NOW BUTTON and alternative methods of payment.

I've been working on my new project 'Coaching the Younger Jumper'. With every book purchase I will give you a FREE DRILL WORKSHEET entitled " Basic Take-Off Movement Patterns with Associated Specific Drills"

On a more personal note:- I have been coaching the jumps for 30 years. I taught for 28 years as Head of a Physical Education Department in South Wales but left the profession in 1998 to pursue other ventures.

This means that I now have more time to coach the Horizontal Jumps and also to Tutor and Assess Coach Education for UK Athletics and Welsh Athletics. Back in March 2006 I was one of the Track and Field Coaches at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne attached to the Welsh Team. In 2002 at the Manchester Commonwealth Games I was an accredited coach to the Botswanan Athletics Team.

Since leaving the world of teaching back in 1998 I decided to write a coaching and teaching book on Long Jump which took me a 'very long time' to complete but was worth all the effort. It is simply a record of how I've taught and coached the horizontal jumps over the past 30 years.

It contains countless skills and drills, specific training programmes, strength training programmes [weight training, plyometric training and complex training] plus the development of optimal and maximal speed for horizontal jumpers

I have coached both males and females and have produced a lot of Welsh Champions at all age groups. I have coached several female jumpers who have jumped in excess of 6.00mts and several male jumpers who have jumped 7.50mts +. I coached Gable Garenamotse [Botswana] to Commonwealth Silver in Manchester and last year coached Rebecca White to Silver in the Triple Jump at the UKA Championships in Manchester.

NOTICE BOARD as at 5.35pm Tuesday May 13th 2008

Training groups come and go. Over the past 30 years I 've had many groups/indivuduals. Here's some news about 'The Group of 2008'. Some of the group competed last weekend in the South Wales Regional Championships in Aberdare. Two of them competed in the U15 Girls Long Jump and were placed 1st and 2nd and both had pbs'. More next week.................
NEW THIS SEASON When the new athletics season begins next month I shall be commenting on the state of horizontal jumping in the UK [especially in Wales where I have added interest]. Been scouring the ranking lists for results and news of Welsh Horizontal Jumpers - not a lot yet!!
But take a look at my observations and comments below about the "State of Long Jumping" throughout the world.
Very soon - on Page 5 of my site I will be writing extracts from my own coaching sessions this winter/spring with my small group of younger jumpers.
Please check out some of the many 'testimonials' I have received since July 2006. many people are quick to criticise but these kind people were kind enough to email with their comments. It makes it all worthwhile.
My book has now reached the University of Brighton - they contacted me and asked for a copy to put on to their shelves.
NEW: My testimonials are on my last website page but I recently received this email from Lance Smith who lives in New Zealand. "Nigel, The more I read your LJ Book the more I get out of it. Well worth the money, Thanks, Lance Smith"
I've not been involved in coaching Combined Events for a long while but next Winter [October] I intend to go back to coaching this discipline. If there is anyone out there who might be interested in combined events just drop me an email.
Recently received a request from Sue Fulton who lives in Otago, New Zealand asking for a sample of my Newsletter - "Coaching the Younger Jumper 2'

My book costs £19.97 plus £1.75 p/p

The Content in my Book/CD includes:-

'Jump Weights' Programmes
Plyometrics for Horizontal Jumpers
Complex Training for Horizontal Jumpers
Specific Runway Speed Development
Maximum Sprinting Speed Development
Touchdown Drills
Take-off Drills
Flight Phase Drills
Flight Phase to Landing Drills
The Last 6 Strides to the Board
How to Run a Runway
Coaching the 'better' jumper
How to utilise basic Bio-mechanics in training
Planning the whole jumps programme
My own training programmes
Specific training programmes for Long Jump

and much,much,much more!!!!!!

BRAND NEW FOR MAY 2008 - My Newsletter Project

For the past few months I have been working on a series of COACHING NEWSLETTERS. I have written 3 and these will be available very soon and I will be placing a BUY NOW BUTTON on this page by the end of this month.

These newsletters focus completely on coaching the younger horizontal jumper. This is as a result of having numerous emails from coaches informing me that coaching information for the young jumper aged 11-15 is not readily available in contrast to the huge amount of information that is available for the more experienced jumper.

With my background in teaching and being a UKA Coach Education Tutor and Assessor I have produced these newsletters specifically for the young jumper and those coaches involved with their development in what are 'the skill hungry years'.

These youngsters need to be introduced to those skills and drills that help develop the basic movement patterns that underpin horizontal jumping.

I look at and adapt the coaching process of introduction, explanation, demonstration, observation, analysis and feedback.

If you would like a FREE sample of the newsletter please email at:

nigel.lewis2a@virgin.net

To ORDER MY 132 PAGE LONG JUMP C.D. ONLINE please CLICK ON the PAYMENT BUTTON BELOW and follow the simple instructions. Thank you.

Or alternatively - send a me a cheque for £21.72 to the following address: 96 Taliesin Court, Century Wharf, Cardiff, CF10 5NJ. Cheques made payable to Nigel Lewis.

The CD will be sent to you within 7 days.

PLEASE NOTE: It is only available as a CD in pdf format assuming that most computer users possess Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Rebecca White [who I coached] after winning her SILVER MEDAL at the AAA's

My daughter Natalie and Tim Benjamin September 28th 2007

THE STATE OF LONG JUMPING

QUESTIONS TO PONDER

Why has the Long Jump event stagnated? Why is it that the two world records were set a very long time ago? No jumper – male or female has even come close.

The men’s world record of 8.95m was set way back in August 1991 by Mike Powell [USA] and the female world record of 7.52m was set back in 1988 by Galina Chistyakova [Soviet Union/Russia].

FACTS

Mens’ Long Jump – If you look at the top ten all-time performers only Louis Tsatoumas of Greece who jumped 8.66m on June 2^nd 2007 appears as a recent addition.

The other 9 jumpers jumped their distances prior to the year 2000. The years range from 1968 [Bob Beamon 8.90m] to 1997 [James Beckford 8.62m].

The top ten distances appear within the range from 8.95m to 8.62m.

Recent championship medals are being won with distances less than the 10^th longest jump in history.

So I ask the question – what has happened to the Long Jump event. Is it because we simply do not have the talent and that most promising jumpers are sidetracked into the short sprints or is it down to the coaching of the event.

There are scores of ‘white papers’ published which attempt to tell us how it should be done. Do we have enough top quality long jump coaches in the UK who can translate the theoretical aspects into practical application?

The top 5 jumps in history are:-

Mike Powell USA 8.95m 1991

Bob Beamon USA 8.90m 1968

Carl Lewis USA 8.87m 1991

Robert Emimiyan Soviet Union 8.86m [A] 1987

Larry Myricks USA 8.74m 1988

The World Indoor Championships this year produced the poorest competition in its history. Only 3 jumpers had jumps measured over 8.00mts. WHY?

Are there any jumpers capable of leaping beyond 8.50m in this years Olympic Games in Beijing? Possibly one or two but that might be it. What are the major reasons why men are not jumping the really long distances?

Womens Long Jump

Galina Chistyakova set her world record of 7.52m on June 11^th 1988 in Leningrad. This distance would rank her most years in the mens long jump event in the UK!

It is rare that a female jumper goes well beyond 7.00mts now. It is done but only sporadically.

The top ten jumps range from 7.52m to 7.31m. Marion Jones [USA] holds the 10^th longest jump in history with a leap of 7.31m over 10 years ago – Zurick 1998].

Since then no women has had a look in. Why?

The top 5 jumpers are:-

Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union/Russia 7.52m 1988

Jackie Joyner USA 7.49m 1994

Heiker Drechsler Germany 7.48m 1992

Anisara Cusmir Romania 7.43m 1983

Tatyana Kotova Russia 7.42m 2002

Tatyana Lebeda [Olympic Champion in Athens] is possibly the only female jumper who might break in to the top five. She jumped 7.33m in Tula in 2004 to rank at number 8 on the all time list. But her major priority is the triple jump title in Beijing.

It’s possible that this years female Olympic champion will win the gold by jumping under 7.00mts.

But you can see that these distances by both male and female are simply out of touch at the moment. What can be done to move the long jump event on.

ANY ANSWERS OUT THERE?