andrew_carter

I'm desperately trying to attend UniNats 2003 in Australia. The only thing stopping me doing so is exams at school so I'll have to see what part of the term the 4th to 6th of October is. I'm interested in a few competitions but I have a question about the long-jump. Can anyone please tell me whether or not you're allowed to hop sideways for this event? I find it heaps easier to hop sideways than forwards which I'm sure is pretty common. There's one more thing, does anyone know what the usual winning distance is (roughly of course) for my category (17 years old at the time of the competition)? They seem to encourage anyone to just have a go in these events which I think is great beacuse it'll mean it'll be less embarrassing for those of use who may not do too well. Even so, I'm going to do heaps of training in the events that I choose to compete in. Training on a unicycle is easy because it's so fun!

Does anyone know of any links to results of any of the competitions (but preferably Australian ones)?

Thanks,
Andrew

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TonyMelton

At the UniNats 2001 all of the top long jumps were done with the side hop technique. I did about 1.3m and placed 3rd or 4th =. The competition was run in an 'elimination' sytle. There were 2 parallel broomsticks on the ground at the set distance. You had to clear both markers and ride away to complete the distance. When all riders had attempted twice, those remaining got to jump again. Distances were increased in 5 or 10cm increments.

As for results of the UniNats, they were emailed out to the participants after the event, but I don't think they're posted anywhere online. Try emailing Chris Vevers to get a copy --unicyc@afmagic.com .

The most common technique for long jump at UNICON XI was the rolling hop. Zach set a world record 2.25m with this technique.

Tony

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peter.bier

Side hopping is a perfectly acceptable method. Most long jump competitions require you to approach the jump in control and ride out in control. Being in control is usually defined as 3 revolutions or staying on for 5 seconds. This means you can happily ride up close to the line, hop to prepare yourself and then jump sideways.

The Oz records are probably comparible with the old USA records (which haven't been updated for a while)

http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/records/

Note that the ceiling for a side hop is around 1.5 to 1.6m This should be enough to place at the Uninats unless people have improved radically. Try learning the forward hop technique as you will eventually be able to go further.

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ca99medina

Jacinto Ayuso Castillo, from Puerto Rico, broke Zach’s long jump record with a forward jump of 2.45m. He is the current Expert Long Jump Champion. Here is a photo of Jacinto doing his jump.

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Dylan Wallinger

I thought someone had beat Zach's jump, thanx for clarifying. Jacinto is rad.

Dylan

Scott Stephens

Jacinto got some mad ups!!!

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andrew_carter

Thanks a lot for all of that. You've answered all of my questions very helpfully. That's also great news because I can sidehop about 1.2m at the moment and I'll have my new unicycle by UniNats with a much bigger tyre and rim. I'm also planning to do heaps of trainging before then which isn't at all hard because training on a unicycle is fun!
Could you please explain to me what you mean by the ceiling? I'm assuming that you don't mean the roof.

Thanks for that picture too.

Thanks a lot,
Andrew

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Sofa

ceiling. I would say that is the highest you can go, using the sidehop

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andrew_carter

Is that a limit that they have set or are you saying that nobody can go any higher. Did you really mean the highest or the longest? I'm still a bit confused.

Thanks,
Andrew

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Sofa

here's what i'm thihnking:

you take a jump. your length is 2 metres.
the highest you were during flight, would be the ceiling.
(probably measured tfom the bottom of the wheel to the ground)

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m_extreme_uni

I think he meant "the ceiling" as in the furthest distance do-able with that technique is 1.5 - 1.6 m. I know this is false because at unicon, i did 1.9m with that technique, but rolling hops are definately the way to go.

-Ryan

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andrew_carter

Ryan,

What place did you get at Unicon with that massive 1.9m hop? Nice work! At the moment these are the distances I can hop in each style...

Side Hop: 1.20m
Forward Hop: 0.90m
Rolling Hop: 1.00m

I'll try to improve my rolling hop and see if that'll work best for me for long jump. Have you got any general tips for rolling and side hops?

Thanks,
Andrew

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m_extreme_uni

I d'ont know what i placed, not in the top five. I was relatively new to unicycling then, I was probably 7th or 8th or around there.
Again, rolling hops are the best. I can now almost jump the width of a parking space with this technique. As big as 1.9m sounds, it was pretty puny compared to 2.45!!

good luck at the competition.

-Ryan

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Max_Dingemans

at unicon I did 2.11 meters on a roller, key is to get going as fast as you can, line it up and crank it out.

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peter.bier

I did indeed mean that 1.6m was the maximum achievable distance using the side hop technique and you couldn't really push that technique further to get more distance. Obviously I was wrong! A 1.9m sidehop is rather an impressive achievement. Has anyone broken two metres yet using the side hop method?

I was basing my judgement on all the jumps I observed at Uncion and the last uni nats. Obviously I missed out on seeing a couple of people break the 1.6m barrier.

I still believe you will be able to get more distance using the forward hopping technique as it allows you to use all your momentum built up in the run up.

As to the best high jump technique that remains a question in my mind.
It astounded me to see Dan Heaton break the 80cm mark in high jump using a forward hop technique. Up until that point I though side hop was the way to go, now I'm not so sure.

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