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Schedule
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Event Breakdown
Distance
PHS Track and Field
Home
Schedule
School Records
Event Breakdown
Distance
More
Home
Schedule
School Records
Event Breakdown
Distance
Jumping Events
Horizontal Jumps
- Jumping for Distance
Long Jump
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Athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible.
Triple Jump
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Like long jump but instead of taking off at the end of the runway athletes must hop, then bound, and then jump
Vertical
Jumps
- Jumping for
Height
High Jump
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A
thletes
run and jump over a bar without knocking it down.
Pole Vault
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Athletes run down a runway and using a long flexible pole as an aid they jump over a bar.
The following links will take you to videos with strategies and breakdowns of each event
Horizontal Jumps Explained
Pole Vault Explained
High Jump Explained
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