This document discusses the biomechanics and history of the long jump event in track and field. It explains that the long jump involves four phases: a run up phase, take off phase, flight phase, and landing phase. It provides details on world records in men's long jump dating back to 1901. Recommendations are made to improve long jump performance based on an analysis of these phases.

2.  Biomechanics
 History of Long Jump
 Long Jump technique by Professional
 My Personal Jump
 Phases In Long Jump
- Run up phase
- Take off phase
- Flight phase
- Landing phase
 Area of improvement
 Recommendations
 Overall Performance

3.  Biomechanics
- Bio meaning Life
- Mechanics meaning Physical Activity
 Biomechanics is the science concerned
with the internal and external forces
acting on the human body and the
effects produced by those forces.
(http://www.brianmac.co.uk/biomecha
nics.htm)

4.  The sport long jump has been around since 1896 and was
formerly known as broad jump. Long jump is a track and
field event where an athlete accelerates down a track
and takes flight into the air, landing in the pit full of sand.
 1914, Dr Harry Eaton Stewart recommended “running
broad jump” as a standard track and field event for
Females. Though, female’s long jump was not introduced
into the Olympics programme until 1928
 There have been a lot of records broken since the sport
was introduced. The first long jump world record that was
set was held by an Ireland long jumper named Peter
O’Connor in 1901 jumped a distance of 7.61m. But the
world record that hasn’t been broken since 1991 in Tokyo
was set by an American named Mike Powell jumping an
astonishing distance of 8.95m

5. THE APPROACH TO LONG JUMP
o The long jump is made up of 4 components
1. Run up 3. Flight
2. Take off 4. Landing

6. LONG JUMP BY PROFESSIONAL