text: hurdle tips!!!? i was wondering if there were any techniques to make me better at jumping hurdles,, im a freshman in highschool and last year was the first time i ever did hurdles and i always got either 1st or 2nd place so im pretty good but theres always room for improvement!! i would appreciate any tips please and thank ya much!! 1. don't think of it as "jumping" hurdles, it should be a big step, especially if you are running the low hurdles.  2. you aren't going anywhere if you are float in the air over the hurdle. get your lead leg back on the ground and moving you towards the next hurdle.  3. work on your strength. run repeat 200's, 300's even 400's. my college coach had his 400m hurdlers run 600's a couple of times a week plus running either repeats over the first 5  or 8 hurdles on other days.  you would be surprised how many people are faster than you, but can still be beaten because they run out of gas over the last couple of hurdles.