Standing long jump

As a standing long jump is called long jump without start-up, so from a standing start, it belongs to the state jump competitions ( such as state high jump and standing triple jump ). From 1900 to 1912 belonged standing long jump to the Olympic athletics disciplines.

• 2.1 medalist of the Olympic Games

Expiration

The standing long jump is played on a mat, in a sand pit or on ordinary soil. The jumper is located on the springboard. The legs are slightly bent and both arms swing is fetched. Now he walks with a straight back easily into a squat and arms are behind the body. The weight is transferred to the ball of the foot and the heel does not touch the ground. The jumper jumps off both feet and rips the arms forward and up. In the air, the legs are often raised ( kneeling ). Then he takes often the last swing by pressing the held high and straight arms to the body. The jumper lands with both feet on the ground.

These processes go in a flash. The horizontal jump, the farther the jump. Unlike the normal long jump, the arms are the most important.

Techniques and exercises

There are many more techniques, so you should keep a 90 ° angle, for example. Others come from the long jump. Next jumps, if one is holding weights in his hands. These weights are, for example, fist-sized stones or plastic parts with sand content. They give more momentum. Optimum take-off is possible by jumping off of the ball of the feet. When standing long jump butt / hip and thigh / knee are loaded. For practice, therefore jumping exercises (like jumping rope ) and genuflections, but also climbing stairs ideal.

History and Olympia

Already at the Olympic Games of antiquity were standing long jump with weights. This was part of the Pentathlon. The weights called halteres. Reported widths are around 15 meters. It probably made ​​five jumps at once.

At the Olympic Games of the modern era of the standing long jump was introduced in Paris in 1900. At that time the Americans Ray Ewry won with 3.21 m in front of his compatriot Irving Baxter with 3.135 m. At the Olympic Games in 1904 Ewry presented with 3.47m to set a world record. Ewry also won the standing long jump competitions at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 1908 Olympic Games in London. The Last Olympian standing long jump won Kostas Tsiklitiras (3.37 m) in Stockholm in 1912.

The Olympic record of Raymond Ewry of 1904 is as alive today as standing long jump has been held since 1938 no more ( professional). Ewry presented yet a standing long jump world record: backward 2.87 m. The current world record is held by Norwegian Arne Tvervaag from the sports club Ringerike FIK. He jumped on November 11, 1968 in Noresund 3.71 m.

Medalist of the Olympic Games

Standing long jump today

Since standing long jump is not done professionally today, there are standing long jump only at youth games or other unofficial events. For training as a police officer or to hold in the army there is a sports test, the so-called Physical Fitness test in which you have to reach 1.95 m in the standing long jump at least 1.57 m as a woman and as a man. The standing long jump is a discipline at the Retrolympics, a meeting of the Association for the Promotion of former Olympic sports association in Birkenwerder, where athletic competitions are conducted in the former Olympic sports. Until 31 December 2012, could be replaced by standing long jump at the German Sports Badge in the age groups in men aged 50 years and for women from 45 years of high or long jump. Since 1 January 2013, standing long jump is for all ages as an alternative to discipline ball and putting the stone in the Group strength to choose from.

Other well-known state long jumper

• Lewis Sheldon ( USA)
• Martin Sheridan ( USA)
• Lawson Robertson ( USA)