Re: pushing back out during the swing?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 1:27 am
no stretch just yet as the pole is just beginning to load...
14'10" grip TO 13' mid 51 from 7Ls 96'
this is literally the very next frame in 30fps
currently, we are cueing a stronger drive knee into the takeoff and an intentional trail leg swing from short runs - if you cannot have precise and deliberate technique from shorts, you will be inconsistant at best from fulls...
The feedback from the vaulter is that a hip extension, post take off is the key ingredient to initiating a purposeful and forceful trail leg swing - when the trail leg hip is extended forward, the trail leg swing naturally follows
There is no "pushing back out during the swing" in this vaulter currently... strong grip in the bottom hand yes, push no...
I suspect that when the drive knee and the hip extension in the take off are improved with a continued strong grip in the bottom hand, followed by a purposeful and forceful trail leg swing... THEN
there will be a more efficient loading of the pole as a result and there will be room for the bottom hand to "grow through the pole" as a result...
I am not stating that this is the "Holy Grail of Correctness and Technical Perfection"...
I am stating that this is where we are at in our camp currently and my thoughts about such...
thoughtful replies appreciated...
14'10" grip TO 13' mid 51 from 7Ls 96'
this is literally the very next frame in 30fps
currently, we are cueing a stronger drive knee into the takeoff and an intentional trail leg swing from short runs - if you cannot have precise and deliberate technique from shorts, you will be inconsistant at best from fulls...
The feedback from the vaulter is that a hip extension, post take off is the key ingredient to initiating a purposeful and forceful trail leg swing - when the trail leg hip is extended forward, the trail leg swing naturally follows
There is no "pushing back out during the swing" in this vaulter currently... strong grip in the bottom hand yes, push no...
I suspect that when the drive knee and the hip extension in the take off are improved with a continued strong grip in the bottom hand, followed by a purposeful and forceful trail leg swing... THEN
there will be a more efficient loading of the pole as a result and there will be room for the bottom hand to "grow through the pole" as a result...
I am not stating that this is the "Holy Grail of Correctness and Technical Perfection"...
I am stating that this is where we are at in our camp currently and my thoughts about such...
thoughtful replies appreciated...