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US Sports Track and Field: Florida Gators Coach Nic Petersen’s Two Keys for Teaching the Triple Jump and Giulia DE MARCHI • Women's HIGH JUMP Performance

 

• By Grant Young
 

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Track and field coaches that are triple jump training to youth, high school, and college athletes can be particularly challenging due to the event's inherent complexity. 

The triple jump consists of three distinct phases: the hop, step, and jump, each requiring specific techniques and precise timing. Coaches must ensure that athletes can execute these phases smoothly while maintaining speed and momentum, which can be daunting for those inexperienced in the event. 

Additionally, mastering the triple jump demands a combination of strength, power, and coordination. Athletes often come with varying levels of physical ability, making it essential for coaches to tailor training programs accordingly. This individualized approach can be time-consuming, especially in a team setting. Moreover, the psychological aspect cannot be overlooked. The fear of failure or injury may deter athletes from fully committing to their training or attempting new techniques. 

Establishing confidence in athletes is crucial, but it often takes time and patient encouragement. Limited resources and facilities can further complicate coaching efforts. Effective instruction requires a thorough understanding of these challenges and a commitment to supporting each athlete’s development.

Due to this difficulty, it’s imperative that track and field have a few key points and techniques they  can rely on that will help athletes of all levels. And there are few coaches better to learn from than Nic Petersen. 

Coach Petersen is entering his 3rd season as Associate Head Coach (and 12th season as any coach) of Jumps at the University of Florida Gators track and field program, and has made his own imprint on one of the nation’s historically elite jumps programs.

The Gators have continued their extraordinary run of success in the jumps under Petersen. The program has recorded 21 men’s and women’s individual NCAA titles since his arrival in 2013, including seven from Jasmine Moore (2022-2023), two from Yanis David in 2019, three from KeAndre Bates in 2017 and seven from Marquis Dendy (2012-2015).

Petersen has been a part of nine National Championship teams and seven SEC Championship teams since his arrival to the program. During his tenure, Petersen’s jumps group has won 21 National Championships and 28 SEC Championships.

In his ‘Teaching the Triple Jump’ course, Coach Petersen goes over the teaching of triple jump from the ground up. Topics covered include his teaching progression for triple jump, training inventory, runway drills, 1st run jump drills, short run drills, and extended or specific bounding drills. 

We have pulled two of his most crucial lessons about teaching the triple jump and have provided them for you below. 

Addressing Common Errors

Perhaps the most important part of Coach Petersen’s course comes at the end when he addresses some of the most common errors that arise in triple jump athletes. 

The first error he discusses is athletes reaching or hopping into the board. This could either be reaching into the board, the athlete sticking their foot out into the board, setting up too much as they make their entry into the board, decelerating into it, and just overall making sure athletes are maintaining their proper mechanics and not developing any bad habits as they get into and execute their take off are all things coaches should be constantly looking out for. 

An athlete having a low knee drive or taking their hop too high are also things coaches want to key in on. 

In addition to this, Coach Petersen notes that most issues that arise for an athlete during their triple jump are the result of something incorrectly done earlier on in their jumping process. Therefore, Coach Petersen stresses what he calls “coaching backward”. 

To show what this means, he discusses how errors from the hop are normally from something that happened in the run and errors from the step are normally from something that happened in the hop. 

“Look for things that happened before [the error]. What caused that?” Whatever the error is might have nothing to do with that actual phase and instead have everything to do with what they did heading into that phase. 

Gator Drill

The triple jump drill that Coach Petersen is most known for is called the Gator Drill, which has multiple variations that can be customized and catered to specific athletes. 

The most basic iteration of this starts with an athlete either on flat ground or on a raised box. They’ll begin by taking their first jump with their right leg, their second jump with their right leg, and then their final jump with their left leg before getting into their actual leap. 

This is a great drill for coaches to diagnose and pinpoint the specific areas where an athlete is excelling or needs improvement. Especially by having these drills on video, Coach Petersen can look back at these repetitions with the athletes and work through various aspects of it in detail, such as ground contact at each phase of the foot position upon landing. 

Coach Petersen suggests instituting a small box (anywhere from 1 to 6 inches) at the beginning of the drill only if you’re working with high-level athletes because the drill is already difficult enough in itself.

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US Sports Tennis: A Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering The Serve and Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda Play for the Title 🏆 Delray Beach 2026

 

A Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering The Serve

• By Krsto Arsenijevic
 

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The serve is considered to be a very important, sometimes even crucial part of the game, for both male and female players. Some might think that the physical characteristics of a player determine the impact of the serve on one’s game. But with enough practice, almost anyone can make the serve their signature stroke and a powerful weapon at that. Learning how to serve properly requires that you develop a few movements and connect them in a chain of events.

Go Through The Motions

A great way to begin mastering your serve is to try and perform the entire move without the ball and racquet. Do it as many times as it takes. If you are a beginner and have seen professional players serve, you will find it very hard to replicate exactly what they do. After performing an “empty routine” a significant number of times, proceed to the toss.

Practice The Toss

Get yourself a bucket of balls, or as many as you can, and practice the toss with your non-hitting hand. The ball shouldn’t be at your palm, rather hold it with your thumb and two or three fingers to form a pincer-like grip. Throw the ball slightly to your dominant arm and try to catch it up in the air at maximum height using your dominant arm. Repeat this until the motion begins to feel natural.

Master The Racquet Routine

For this part, leave the balls aside and take your racquet. Try to only perform your serve movement after the toss, and make the zone of impact as high as possible. Your serve should be fluid, powerful, and consistent. Practice this movement ten to twenty times, then you should be ready to hit balls.

Keep Your Eye On The Ball

As you start serving for the first time, keep your eye off the net and watch the ball instead. You will try a variety of toss heights as you progress, so it’s important to be entirely focused on the ball. Wind can be your enemy or your ally, so if you decide to go with a super high toss, remember that the ball could behave strangely.

Here tennis pro and coach Ken DeHart showing us tips on mastering the serve.

Source: 50 Best Tennis Tips for Players, Coaches & Pros

Bring The Pieces Together

Now that you have tried out the components of the serve, try and see how well they fit together. At this point, the most important thing is to feel comfortable and avoid any kind of stress on your body, especially your shoulders. You should get back to playing position after every serve. Become confident with your serve before experimenting with the height of your toss or strength of your stroke. Keep practicing and soon enough you'll be serving like the pros.

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