With a controlled speed you want to jump off of as quick short final stride. Watch my high jump vids at vertfreak101.com

notice that my third to last stride is a little longer so I am able to shorten my final two strides without decelerating. This takes a long time to learn, so don't get frustrated, just keep practicing getting your last step in as quick as you can so you are jumping on a straight leg...

a long stride would cause your knee to bend releasing any hope of vertical explosiveness and causing you to jump forward instead of up. also this knee bed would lower your center of gravity as well... so long stride is def. a no no!

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makes sense.

so run, then do a long stride into your two lil steps? or long atride inot one step and blast off, or does it work for both 2 leg and one leg or just for 2 legg jumpers

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