Strides and Meters? For jumpers...?

Question

Ok. So theres 4 meters per stride. I give 1 meter for takeoff, and one meter for landing. Right?

So one stride would be 6 meters

Two would be 10 meters

Three would be 14...

But it doesn't sound right.

Someone help me please. ):

And yes, I walk courses. And yes, I have asked my trainer. She wants me to figure it out on my own. Lol.

Answer 1

2 meters for a canter stride and 4 for a gallop!!!

ok if u need more help ill be on nearly the whole day!!!!

Answer 2

The best way to work it out is to think of the jump as just a stride... so a stride is 12feet (on av) some one above me has the conversion 3.6 or so metres... so thats about 4 average person strides... so if your building a course and you want to work out how much between jumps you first need to decide how many strides you want... and then just put the jump in the middle of the next stride... does that make sence... i hope so... thats how i do it... then its super simple when you walk the course to check it... good luck and best wishes

Answer 3

No, you're right.  4 meters per stride.  I always used 12 feet, but 4 meters is pretty close (12 feet equals 3.65 meters).

Anyway, you usually allow half a stride (so 6 feet, or in your case I guess 2 meters) for take-off and landing, not a whole stride.

A one stride jump is usually 24 feet (6 feet for landing, 12 feet for a stride, 6 feet for take-off).  The exact conversion for that is 7.3 meters, but with if you are counting a whole 4 meters per stride, it would actually turn out to be 8 meters (2 for landing, 4 for a stride, 2 for take off).

Sorry, I usually measure in feet so I know that's not the greatest answer!