The easiest way to stop dragging your toe when doing the high jump is to do the following.
- Keep your toes up when you are running.
- Focus on bouncing on the ball of your foot and your big toe.
- Imagine that you are stepping over a box or stepping over your ankles.
- Mentally visualize that you have a fast running turnover.
- The last 3 steps should see you accelerate so that you actually run and explode off the ground.
- Focus on jumping up (vertically)
- Focus on driving your knee drive vertically (up)
Practice this off your short and long run-ups.
Adjust as necessary.
Record yourself on video and tweak until you aren’t dragging your toe anymore.
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