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vaulter in reno

Unread postby H.I.S. » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:03 pm

i just have to know what everyone thinks of this vaulter and his technique

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ilXhfHW5a4
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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby Barefoot » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:06 am

Uh... a left handed Joe Dial?

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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby golfdane » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:40 am

Weak takeoff. Almost touches the ground when swinging to the chord of the pole. In fact, when you watch the 4.80 clearance, the tip of the pole goes down immediately after takeoff, and the other jumps are not much better. A polebreak waiting to happen.....

Grip is wide, and he's carrying the pole a bit low, and behind himself, and his plant is also a bit behind himself. It seems the standards are pretty close to zero, and the bailout is not pretty. The latter could make headlines, and should be addressed ASAP.

His speed and agility is very good, and he got guts (perhaps too much, that might make it a bit unsafe).

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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby altius » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:57 am

A great analysis gd. Spot on.
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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby jam354 » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:36 am

That guy jumped 17'4" in high school.

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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby vaultwest » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:27 pm

I also agree with golfdane. As a little side note I am the guy that is catching his step and possibly his pole. Nothing against this vaulter but I have to say that it took all of my courage to stand there and not run for the hills each time he took off. I have never been that close to a guy that was running that fast, holding that high and vaulting that scary. I thought for sure I was going to either have to catch him or get hit with pieces of his pole in my face every single jump. At the time I thought it would have been a great video for Gill (Pacer carbons) to use to prove that their poles are as tough to break as spirits if there are no flaws in the pole, I just couldn't believe he didn't break his pole on every single jump. He did have a great day for him but as I followed his carrier after that meet I noticed how inconsistent his results were and the many injuries that followed him. Simply put I guess better technique would serve him well.

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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby altius » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:20 pm

"That guy jumped 17'4" in high school." And therein lies the problem because he probably became a model for many other vaulters in his area!
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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby jam354 » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:50 pm

Just thought I'd share a more recent video that I came across. Looks a little safer.

http://www.fliptography.com/adam/videos/1-11-08me.mov

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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby golfdane » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:16 am

jam354 wrote:Just thought I'd share a more recent video that I came across. Looks a little safer.

http://www.fliptography.com/adam/videos/1-11-08me.mov


Yes, it does indeed look much safer. He actually has a take-off, and that adds so much more polespeed, that the pole looks safe (and the vaulter as well). His bailout is fine.

He's still carrying low (right hand is just about navel height on most of the run). Turning the pole during the plant with his left hand very much behind himself, and right hand almost touching his body. He's consistently a foot to a foot and a half under. On some attempts (the last 2), he's pushing of on a pole that hasn't yet passed vertical.

Fix the pole carry and plant, and good stuff might happen.

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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby BethelPV » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:20 pm

I am not sure if Adam is even vaulting anymore... haven't heard anything about him recently to be honest...
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Re: vaulter in reno

Unread postby golfdane » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:09 am

BethelPV wrote:I am not sure if Adam is even vaulting anymore... haven't heard anything about him recently to be honest...


That's a shame, if true....

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