• Skip to main content

High Jump Club

Learn how to win and break records in the high jump!

  • Sign up to High Jump Club
    • Other sites
      • Triple Jump Club
      • Long Jump Club
      • Fast Running Club
      • Pole Vault Club
  • High Jump Training Blog
    • High Jump Drills
    • Are you someone that wants to seriously improve their high jump performance?
    • 7 day high jump training program
    • Improve your high jump instantly (For beginners only!)
    • High Jump Drills Training ebook
    • High Jump Training
    • High Jump Spikes
    • High jump training equipment.
  • High Jump Shop
    • High Jump Spikes
    • High Jump Equipment
    • High Jump Training Guides
  • Follow Us
    • Instagram
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • Blog
You are here: Home / High Jump Training / Are you cutting your curve in the high jump?
High Jump Curve

Are you cutting your curve in the high jump?

November 16, 2017 by David

This is going to be a short, but hopefully important post as many high jumpers tend to have a problem cutting the curve in their approach to taking off. Typically, this happens when high jumpers face higher heights. Instead of maintaining their rhythm and technique to run a curve that will position their body at an angle to flip them over the bar, they instead cut their curve and struggle to jump and get the height to clear the bar.

Your body alignment changes when you don’t run your high jump curve properly.

I want you to try something.

  • I want you to mark your curve for your approach to the bar.
  • I want you to keep on practicing your run up with the bar at a higher height.
  • I want you to put the bar above your personal best and practice your approach as if you were to clear the bar at the higher height.

This is important because when we experience challenges during the competition such as trying to clear a new height (especially if it is a personal best), we forget maintaining our form and mess up our approach. As soon as you cut the curve, it is game over.

Your curve is normally about 5 steps into the bar.

High Jump Curve

Keep on practicing the curve. Even if it means you do short runups to train your body to maintain the curve.

As you get better, you must learn how to control your body along the curve at speed.

If you find that you are failing at your attempts in the high jump, there is a good chance that you are cutting your curve without even knowing. Fix this and it may help you clear more heights in the high jump.

Watch this video below to learn more about the high jump curve.

To improve the consistency of your curve during the high jump approach, make sure that you measure the point at which you start to curve into the bar. You will usually need 1 or 2 measuring tapes to measure out your runup properly. You can click here to find measuring tapes available on Amazon.

If you want to improve your high jump performance, I would recommend getting the high jump drills ebook.

*If you’re interested in jumping higher, you can purchase my high jump training program that I used to jump over 2m. It’s available for $4.99. Click here to order it and I will send it to you within 24h. 

Want to improve your high jump?

Sign up to our newsletter and learn how to become a better high jumper in the next 90 days!

Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.

We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit

Filed Under: High jump blog, High Jump Training Tagged With: high jump, high jump curve, high jump training

Learn how to improve your high jump!

  • High Jump Technique
  • How to jump higher (faster!)
  • Best high jump training equipment.
  • Best high jump spikes for high jumpers.
  • Can compression socks help you with your high jump performance?

Improve your high jump with the following.

  • High Jump Hoodie - Front Only those who jump will ever fly - High jump hoodie $50.00
  • Born to jump backwards high jump mug Born to jump backwards - High Jump Mug $10.00
  • Saucony high jump spikes Saucony Uplift High Jump Spikes $89.95
  • VS High Jump Upright Standards VS Premier HJ Standards $1,014.00
  • High jump landing mat Gill G1 High Jump Value Pack $10,865.00
  • Sign up to High Jump Club
  • High Jump Training Blog
  • High Jump Shop
  • Follow Us
  • Blog

Copyright © 2021 · Log in