100m to Long Jump Training Conversion Tables

Long Jump Training to 100m Conversion Table

Originally Published April 21, 2019

As I have now been coaching Long Jump on and off for the last 2-3 years. I decided to create a section regarding Long Jump Training.

Provided by Malaysian National Coach Ahmad Salim a reference to 100m/Long Jump Conversions

The chart only goes to 13.15/4.98m. So I kind of wish it would go further as I do deal a lot with younger athletes.

As of now, I’m coaching a 10-year-old boy with a Long Jump of 15.2/3.68m. We are aiming for a 3.90m qualifier for National Primary Schools in Australia.

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Athletes I’ve worked with and their 100m/Long Jump

• 11-12 Girl 15.5-13.4 / 3.10 to 4.45.
• 13-14 Girl 14.5-13.2 / 4.04
• 17-19 Boy 12.0-10.9 / 6.40
• 17 Boy 11.4 / 5.80
• 12 Girl 14.2 / 3.40
• 15 Girl 12.68 / 5.09

Please note that some athletes primarily worked for jumps with my assistant.

Other athletes, but chose the best examples here.

So based on these charts (12.68 is capable of 5.50m a lot of room for improvement), (10.9/11.14 is capable of 6.46m so operating nearly at full capacity), (11.4 was already jumping at capacity at 5.80)

Looking at Youtube Videos, I broke teaching of Long Jump into smaller steps. Most coaches perfect short approaches.

1. Focus on Pen Ultimate Step, the step before taking off the board. 
2. Flat Foot when hitting board, unlike sprints which are on the ball of the foot
3. Continuation of speed flow
4. Height on takeoff / elevated runway board
5. Hitch Kick
6. Gallop 2 step, placing hurdle or marker at 2 feet
7. Travel Gallop 6 step, checkpoint halfway

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Below are Photos provided by US Coach Adarian Barr. Foot Strike and Force Application.