This blog post was written by Malosi. Thank you Easton for your videography.
This week, we had Kelly Sports visit us to teach us the basics of long jump. Coach Sarah did an awesome job of teaching us the proper techinque.
We started by learning how to jump and how to land. We were taught to jump off one leg and then land with both feet in a “motorbike stance.” After that, we practiced different levels of long jump, starting from easy and gradually moving to harder jumps.
Next, Coach Sarah got us into two lines for a game. After each jump, the landing spot was moved further, which made us really focus on jumping off one leg and landing in the motorbike stance.
Lastly, we did some real long jumps. We got into a single line and used everything we had learned to see how far we could jump. Each person’s distance was marked with a tennis ball, and everyone jumped really far and did great.
We enjoyed HPE with Coach Sarah, and are grateful for the techniques she taught us.