Track & Field Tips: Bounding with Willie Banks

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In this Pro Tips 4U sports training video, Willie Banks, 3 time Triple Jump Champion, goes over Bounding. Willie goes over different types of bounding and the proper execution of each of these; the running bound, distance bounding, single leg bounding, right-right-left, alternate leg bounding, bounding uphill and bounding downhill. Willie also goes over common mistakes to avoid.

Willie Banks, a member of the 1980, 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic teams, is a track & field athlete who competed in the triple jump. He will always be remembered as one of the most flamboyant athletes to compete in track and field. Willie is the originator of the now common hand clapping that takes place during many track and field events. He the world record for the triple jump of 17.97 m (58 feet 11.5 inches) in 1985 and held the record for 10 years. Willie was inducted into the USA National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1999.

Willie's instructional training videos for the triple jump for Pro Tips 4U focus on workouts and drills -- basically everything you need to know about how to do the triple jump! His tips include flexibility exercises, how to attack the runway, how to get an accurate run on the runway, the middle phase of the runway, the momentum phase of the runway, bounding, stair drills and plyometric exercises.