USATF Report Refers to Event Called "hop, skip and jump "

[unclezadok]

Yes, in its report on the Indoor Youth Championships the USATF reported on the "hop, skip and jump," an event which has never existed, even in the time of Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. To their credit, they do not make mention of throwing the shot put.

[Pego]

Yes, in its report on the Indoor Youth Championships the USATF reported on the "hop, skip and jump," an event which has never existed, even in the time of Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. To their credit, they do not make mention of throwing the shot put.

Thank you for depressing me. I witnessed da Silva-Shcherbakov rivalry .

[26mi235]

It is much more descriptive than 'triple jump' and I think kids know what to do more than when told to triple jump.

[Marlow]

It is much more descriptive than 'triple jump' and

I think kids know what to do more than when told to triple jump.

??!! There is no 'skip' in it all all. It's clearly a bound (he said straight-facedly serious). I have NEVER had a kid who could do it without a comprehensive intro first. Telling them to hop, skip, and jump is risible. Just sayin' . . .

[lonewolf]

I did the Triple Jump when it was the Hop-Step-Jump.. a Hop-Skip-Jump would make it, at a minimum, a Quadruple Jump..I think.

[marknhj]

Please tell me this is an early April Fool's wind-up...

[aaronk]

Please tell me this is an early April Fool's wind-up...

I refer you to the Tre Houston thread!!

[unclezadok]

Yes, in its report on the Indoor Youth Championships the USATF reported on the "hop, skip and jump," an event which has never existed, even in the time of Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. To their credit, they do not make mention of throwing the shot put.

Thank you for depressing me. I witnessed da Silva-Shcherbakov rivalry .

I came in at Joszef Schmidt.

[Marlow]

Please tell me this is an early April Fool's wind-up...

Your regard of humanity is far too high!!

[gh]

when I took up the event in junior high it was most definitely referred to as hop, skip & jump in my neck of the woods (which was, in fact.... pretty much in the woods!)

[JRM]

when I took up the event in junior high it was most definitely referred to as hop, skip & jump in my neck of the woods (which was, in fact.... pretty much in the woods!)

Yes, I actually remember first hearing it called that when I started track (early 80s, also in the woods!). Perhaps it's a Canadian term.

[BCBaroo]

when I took up the event in junior high it was most definitely referred to as hop, skip & jump in my neck of the woods (which was, in fact.... pretty much in the woods!)

Ditto.

[gh]

it's certain a phrase in common parlance: google search turns up 2.47M hits

[toyracer]

when I took up the event in junior high it was most definitely referred to as hop, skip & jump in my neck of the woods (which was, in fact.... pretty much in the woods!)

Yes, I actually remember first hearing it called that when I started track (early 80s, also in the woods!). Perhaps it's a Canadian term.

If it's Canadian it migrated as far South as Jamaica. It was hop, skip & jump when I was introduced to track in the late 1970's.

[lonewolf]

I have heard it called Hop-Skip-Jump but never seriously by an informed person.
I can't even visualize how you could include a "skip" phase.

[Marlow]

it's certain a phrase in common parlance: google search turns up 2.47M hits

I got 600K for "hop skip and jump"

I got 1.17M hits for "hop step and jump" which is what I heard in the early 60s.

T&FN transitiioned in 1964 to LJ/TJ from Broad Jump and Hop-Step-Jump.

[Per Andersen]

The German term Dreisprung (3 jumps) is best. A bit lame in Swedish & Norwegian "Tresteg" (3 steps).

[Pego]

The German term Dreisprung (3 jumps) is best. A bit lame in Swedish & Norwegian "Tresteg" (3 steps).

In Czech and Slovak it is "trojskok" - "triplejump". I don't believe, it has ever been called anything else.

[toyracer]

it's certain a phrase in common parlance: google search turns up 2.47M hits

I got 600K for "hop skip and jump"

I got 1.17M hits for "hop step and jump" which is what I heard in the early 60s.

I just tried google:

About 2,650,000 results (0.39 seconds) for hop skip and jump

About 2,620,000 results (0.36 seconds) for hop step and jump

[Marlow]

I just tried google:
About 2,650,000 results (0.39 seconds) for hop skip and jump
About 2,620,000 results (0.36 seconds) for hop step and jump

Put the terms in quote marks, i.e., "hop skip and jump" vs. "hope step and jump"

[mrbowie]

Hey, with the modern run-up, the hop, skip and jump or the hop step and jump could be very descriptive of another event...the HIGH JUMP!

[Marlow]

Hey, with the modern run-up, the hop, skip and jump or the hop step and jump could be very descriptive of another event...the HIGH JUMP!

I have asked numerous clinicians about this trend and gotten very vague responses - something about prepping the muscles to jump. Not really buying it, but lemming that I am, I am now teaching the bound-in-to-run approach and it seems to help.

[Grasshopper]

Hey, with the modern run-up, the hop, skip and jump or the hop step and jump could be very descriptive of another event...the HIGH JUMP!

I have asked numerous clinicians about this trend and gotten very vague responses - something about prepping the muscles to jump. Not really buying it, but lemming that I am, I am now teaching the bound-in-to-run approach and it seems to help.

It could be related to the research I remember being mentioned in the USATF Level-2 school about the benefits of "preloading" the legs with Olympic-style lifts or plyometrics before certain sprint exercises. Here's a link to a study that touches on this idea: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16503676

These results suggest that a single set of preloading exercises enhances performance during a lower-body explosive power training session