Crazy 8 PV Challenge
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:33 am
Last night, I had a special training session with my top 2 girls and top 2 boys. At the end of a 90 minute session, we had a little competition between the girls and boys and it went like this...
Girls:
-Bungee at 12'00" (stretched tight)
-run from 8 steps (4 lefts)
-clear the bar clean 8 times each (any graze of the bar is considered a miss)
-standards on 80cm
-clock starts with first step of first vault and stops when last vaulter lands in the pit on 8th make
Boys:
-Bungee at 13'00"
-same rules
Girls went first and accomplished the feat in 4:05.35. Only one miss in the mix. That's 17 vaults in a little over 4 minutes with 16 makes. The boys tried to match the challenge but were defeated.
I think I'm going to incorporate this drill more often when I have a small group. The bar could be anywhere, depending on skill level. I saw a few positives from this:
1. They were extremely focused on the task at hand and didn't over think any of their jumps.
2. They were rolling in sweat by the end and out of breath but still making bars.
3. By plotting the girls against boys it made them work as a team and come up with a strategy that they thought would work best.
What are your thoughts, positive or negative?
Girls:
-Bungee at 12'00" (stretched tight)
-run from 8 steps (4 lefts)
-clear the bar clean 8 times each (any graze of the bar is considered a miss)
-standards on 80cm
-clock starts with first step of first vault and stops when last vaulter lands in the pit on 8th make
Boys:
-Bungee at 13'00"
-same rules
Girls went first and accomplished the feat in 4:05.35. Only one miss in the mix. That's 17 vaults in a little over 4 minutes with 16 makes. The boys tried to match the challenge but were defeated.
I think I'm going to incorporate this drill more often when I have a small group. The bar could be anywhere, depending on skill level. I saw a few positives from this:
1. They were extremely focused on the task at hand and didn't over think any of their jumps.
2. They were rolling in sweat by the end and out of breath but still making bars.
3. By plotting the girls against boys it made them work as a team and come up with a strategy that they thought would work best.
What are your thoughts, positive or negative?