Olympic Comparison

This is my Olympic Comparison. I used photos of athletes to compare my long jump and running techniques we learnt from Run, Jump, Throw. I used yellow lines to highlight what I did that was the same as the athletes. I think I need to work on long jump the most, focusing on making sure I lift my legs and arms up earlier to get more momentum.

Run Jump throw

Yesterday LS2 had another session of our Kiwisport Run Jump Throw with Andi. This week we were learning about the Jump part of it and instead of running training we learnt about the techniques of long jump. We first learnt the best ways to do long jump which are too have a running start, to swing your arms as you jump and to land in a motorbike position. Then we learnt about one foot launch, two foot landing. This means that we push off with one foot and land on two, because using one leg gives you more thrust and landing on two gives you more stability

Run Jump Throw

Today we had our kiwi sport, Run Jump Throw. We started off by revising our basic running skills, which were looking straight a head since if you look to the side you slow down, running in a straight line since it is faster, having bent arms, going from cheek to cheek (Moving your arms up to the side of your face and then down to beside your leg), being light on your feet and standing straight and tall. After that we played a game of Octopus to warm up, but then we moved on to starting positions for long distance and sprints. The difference between the two is that for long distance you just step up to the line, while for sprints you have a certain procedure to get into position. To start off you step one metre back, and when the starter says On Your Mark, you move one leg forward and "squish the bug" which means you wriggle your foot until it is just in front of the starting line and move the opposite arm of the leg you put forward in front with the other backwards (For example, if your left leg is forward you out your right arm forward, and vice versa). When they say Set you bend your knees and lift the back legs heel up, ready to start running.