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I was just wondering if there was anything in perticular that I should work on. I got 12 feet, and this is my only time getting it but if there is something that i am missing criticism would be great! here is my video. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... 863563&n=2
anything at all would be appreacieated.
thanks
newPVer

newPVer wrote:I was just wondering if there was anything in perticular that I should work on. I got 12 feet, and this is my only time getting it but if there is something that i am missing criticism would be great! here is my video. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... 863563&n=2
anything at all would be appreacieated.
thanks
newPVer

ok first off, thats a good jump, especially for a freshman. 12 was my pr freshman year.
Second, i see a few things you can work on over the summer if you have time to train.
1.)Your step looks on, but when you first take off your bottom arm shouldnt be collapsed as much as it is. After you hit the box, you can start bending the bottom arm, but ONLY bend it if you are trying to move both your arms over your head. Right now its kind of collapsed in front of you, and it will be harder to get through the pit with the pole in front of you, and it will be harder to swing. Basically, dont push the pole forward, try to let your hands come over your head before you swing.
2.) As soon as you take off the ground, you are spotting that bar and swinging to it. Try to hold the drive with your knee drive and your trail leg back, while letting your hands come over your head, a little more before you swing.
3.) At the top of the pole, think more about dropping your shoulders to the pole and less and turning before you go over the bar. If you can "stay back" as we say, against the pole, so that your body is upside down and parrellel with the pole, just wait in that position, until the pole recoils completely, and it will send you for a fun 13' ride :-).

Great jumps, i see a lot of good, technical aspects in your jump, i can tell your coach knows his stuff, because the things i mentioned you have probably already heard about. Another thing, getting 12 from 6 steps is pretty impressive, but since this is summertime, i think you should really hit the track and do some pole runs. Now is the perfect time to work on some speed down the runway. Just grab the pole, and go from 8 or 9 steps, and run and fast (but controlled) as you can. Make sure you dont start dropping the pole till your last 4 strides. Im really impressed with your jumps, and i think if you do those pole runs, get some more speed, and work on the things above, you could go very high next year. To give you an idea, thats exactly what i did last year, after getting 12 as a freshman, and this year i was injured and still got to up past 14. No doubt you can do that, good luck!

hey thanks. i'll try that. And I am working on my run. i've been hitting the gym and running faster each time. I havent jumped sence then but I'm going to the UCLA camp in a week. I'm still looking for a club to jump with and I will try those swing and hanging back different techniques. thanks again.

NewPVer

Hey, not a bad jump at all. The first thing I definetely noticed was your speed. If you ran a little faster, it would help a lot. Also, when you are running down the runway, speed up as you get closer to the box. Your last steps should be the fastest. Next thing I noticed was that you made a really good jump, but you were still under. It was good how you kept your pressure with your bottom arm, and didn't block out, so my advice on that jump would be to scoot your step back a little. Lastly, keep going back on the pole. If you would wait a little longer, and kept inverting on the pole, you could jump a lot higher. The jump looked good.