Improving your High Jump Technique - Scissor Drill

This drill draws on a technique that students will have learned in their early years. Lower the bar and use a scissor action to jump over it, making sure that they land on their free foot
Progression 1:
Encourage the student to then land on their bottom, making sure that they create a right angle from their back to their legs.
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Progression 2:
Once progression 1 has been mastered get the student used to landing on their backs. Make sure that they keep their backs parallel to the bar.

[@SkylerNell]

This will just mess you up in the long run.
You need to learn to rotate your body if you ever want any height.

[@ThePeacelove1123]

I'm 11 but when I was 10 it was like my second time doing high jump and my first time jumping over a REAL bar and i jumped 1.15 meters in a competition :)

[@Ryeer962]

i have a competion next week and i am 15 years old! i can clear 1.65 nd i am wondering what is the best technique ? can some1 help?

[@db126able]

I am 14 i can scissor 160cm and flop 182cm is that good..??

[@mimic888]

The scissor, from what I have been taught, is for normally low heights and then you go into the flop at higher heights. Personally I hate scissoring and I would rather just skip the lower heights and go right into flopping.

[@99warmbloodrider]

im a 7th grader and its my first year EVAR doing high jump and my coach says im capable of doing 5 feet and it once but tht was ONCE! and help to get my jumping higher?

[@jessicaguerrero6029]

I need help I barely begin the high jump this year and my coach says to make my feet/knee go higher and straight how can i do this?

[@ChrisKaloy]

@mimic888 yeah,but scissoring is a nice way to improve your running and your vertical

[@RAWRRitsJessica]

@LMAOgrass
Its not permitted.
& it will count as a scratch.

[@ChrisKaloy]

@NamesChuck67 It means that you can flop around 1.65 which is ok

[@cereaLgUy15]

@NamesChuck67
were just the same age, but i can jump 1.55 meters :D

[@4evadinos]

Thanks for the vid:) I usually land on my back but the scissor one looks epic!

[@soaa55]

@mimic888 yes but flop is very technical

[@soaa55]

@LMAOgrass you can't jump as high

[@soaa55]

1st 1 jumped too far away

[@joeriown]

so easy

[@rpblcan]

i am using number 3

[@yugesh619]

i hope i can do it! THNX

[@emmamason8946]

I have high jump Infront of my whole school today and I'm 10 and I've only had two practices and I could make it to 1m but yesterday I couldn't even make it 81 cm because it was Infront of a lot of people and my body like shuts down when I have to do something Infront of my whole school 😢 and my legs are super sore 😫