Physical Assessment #1 · Parkour360 Academy

Physical Assessment #1

I think my main issue with running pre’s/ jumps in general is i dont produce enough vertical force and height, so i tried at AAPES to put a box down to prompt my body to naturally move more up and not just forward and i think it worked well to force my mind to actually make more of an arc rather than a flat straight line. (For the first three clips).

Still very very bad though, since this is nearly my standing jump (excluding the box ofc lol) however I genuinely believe I can improve it with the right tips and commitment.

The third clip actually was an accident unlike the first 2. I thought I was going to bail out and quit the jump mid air but weirdly I noticed mid air that I was actually closer to making it anyway so I then piked last second which is why it looks so weird and the landing is off.

The last clip was a different trick of practicing vertical height - instead of forcing myself to jump over something and land on even/ flat terrain, I forced myself to jump *upwards* and land higher instead as another tactic to get better vertical momentum. I think these feel like good drills to gain that I don’t know. What do you guys think?

Is my main weakness in my running jumps lack of vertical height or something else? And if it is vertical height, do you think these drills are the right ones to fix it? Let me know :)

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