keeping trail leg straight

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murkinrg
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Work with right hand

Unread postby murkinrg » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:50 am

Yeah that last drill that Vaultpurple mentioned - we do that a lot at the start of our sessions.

It gets you used to working the right arm plus help you focus on your trial leg
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Unread postby kwhit3 » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:51 am

So I have a question because my trail leg notoriously is always bent.

You guys are saying that I should be jumping forward not up? That if I jump up it will make my trail leg bent? Is this correct? because I do try to jump up as much as possible and I thought this is what is desired in the Petrov model.
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Unread postby vaultman18 » Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:50 pm

kwhit3 wrote:So I have a question because my trail leg notoriously is always bent.

You guys are saying that I should be jumping forward not up? That if I jump up it will make my trail leg bent? Is this correct? because I do try to jump up as much as possible and I thought this is what is desired in the Petrov model.


Jump up! Vaultpurple is correct your run-up takes you forward.
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Long Trail Leg

Unread postby Sebes » Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:57 pm

powerplant42 wrote:Get yourself on a highbar.


Exactly...get yourself on a highbar. Also do swing-ups on the rings. Once you do it on the highbar and rings, then you know you can keep a long trail leg. So then go back to vaulting and do it there.
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