Longitudinal follow-up of kinematic parameters in the high jump - A case study

Blanka Vlasic is Croatian high jump women’ s record holder and one of the world's leading high jumpers at the present time. By following the development of her high jump technique during the three-year time span, the evaluation of high jump technique has been performed using the 25 parameters acquired on the 7 representative jumps ranging from 180 cm to 200 cm. Analyzed parameters are mainly within the values achieved by world's best high jumpers, and it can be noticed that certain parameters change with the height of the jump and are influenced by the improvement in individual technique as well as the improvement in important motor abilities.