Really off-topic, but I'm having troubles with my high jump. I passed through the district meet and I am going to regionals in about 2 weeks. I jumped 131cm, which isn't great, but it got me 4th (the juniors never get too high). But anyways, the problem, is that I don't arch my back when I jump. My friend, and my coach both say that if I did, I could get way higher. But no matter what they tell me to do, I keep "sitting" in the air...
Arching itself isn't hard for me. I can bend backwards 'til I nearly touch the ground and then come back up... on the ground. I just can't do it in the air..
Does anybody have some tips on getting myself to arch my back? There must be some people that remember track and field from their high-school days..
