ABSTRACT

The running broad jump is one of the traditional Olympic events which has been included in a variety form in the ancient Greek games. It was included in Olympic game in 1896. The long jump is a classic field event, in that it is conceptually very difficult discipline to master. The Running broad jump has four distinct phase - the approach run, the take off, the flight and the landing. In the present study researcher analyzed the nature of the last three strides during Running Broad Jump. For the present study, 20 male broad jumpers of district level were selected. Their age ranges between 17 to 19 years. From the results it was observed that the length of the second last stride of all jumpers were shorter than the length of last but one stride. It was also observed that the take off stride length was shorter than both second and last but one stride length.

Key words: Approach Run, Stride, Stride Length and Take off.