Awesome glad you are back. Please forget to give your thoughts on double arm vs single arm in TJ. Asking because I notice girls typical stick to single arm and I was wondering why.
Female jumpers tend to use single arm movements because the general consensus is that “they don’t develop enough force using the double arm”. This may be true at younger ages, but I don’t think it truly applies at the elite level. Case in point: Thea LaFond (2024 World Indoor Champion and 15m jumper) has been using the double arm technique for years now to great success. She and I were actually training together around the time when she decided to try out the double arm technique. The rest is history. So I think the reason why women tend to use single arm technique over double arm is at least in part to them being taught that at a young age. However, when they mature physically and develop strength, they stick with single arm because it’s what they know, not because they’re incapable of using the double arm. Hope that helps!
Used well, they’re great! Uphill is good for resisted running which can develop power. Everybody can benefit from that. Downhill is great for overspeed work, but that should probably be reserved for more experienced athletes.
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Awesome glad you are back. Please forget to give your thoughts on double arm vs single arm in TJ. Asking because I notice girls typical stick to single arm and I was wondering why.
Female jumpers tend to use single arm movements because the general consensus is that “they don’t develop enough force using the double arm”. This may be true at younger ages, but I don’t think it truly applies at the elite level.
Case in point: Thea LaFond (2024 World Indoor Champion and 15m jumper) has been using the double arm technique for years now to great success. She and I were actually training together around the time when she decided to try out the double arm technique. The rest is history.
So I think the reason why women tend to use single arm technique over double arm is at least in part to them being taught that at a young age. However, when they mature physically and develop strength, they stick with single arm because it’s what they know, not because they’re incapable of using the double arm.
Hope that helps!
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Sir thanks for the video. I'm curious what are your thoughts on uphill-downhill drills?
Used well, they’re great! Uphill is good for resisted running which can develop power. Everybody can benefit from that. Downhill is great for overspeed work, but that should probably be reserved for more experienced athletes.