Abstract des Autors

The following questions are dealt with: 1. What particular sort of speed ability would you look for in a potential high, long, triple jumper or pole vaulter? 2. What sort of training do you consider most beneficial in the development of speed in the various jumping events? 3. In your opinion, what is the relationship between the various forms of strength and speed in the jumping events? a) For beginners, b) for advanced athletes, c) for top athletes. 4. What tests would you recommend for the monitoring of speed development in the jumps? 5. In your experience, have you found that plyometric exercises, using a double foot take-off, have an appreciable, beneficial effect on the explosive effort used in the single foot take-off for the jumping events? 6. What methods would you use for the development of the specific speed/rhythm required in the approach runs for the high, long, triple jumps or the pole vault? Verf.-Referat