Lesson Overview
The penultimate step allows jumpers to create a long lever with the takeoff leg without losing speed. Students will learn the basic mechanics of the penultimate step in the long jump and use this to develop their long jump takeoff which they can transfer to the jump from a short approach.
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Martin Brockman
Director of Performance Pathways
Martin Brockman is Director of Brockman Athletics, providing teacher training and track and field teaching resources for schools around the world. Representing Great Britain in the decathlon for almost a decade, Martin achieved a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli, 2010. On retiring from his international career, he moved to the world-leading Aspire Academy in Qatar as the Head of Athlete Development where he designed and implemented the academy athletics program from talent identification through to international athletics.
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