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any advice to this is appreciated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wn-V2yhpqM

Age: 18
Grade: 12
How long you have been jumping: 3years
What pole you are on (length and weight rating): 180 13ft skypole
How high you are gripping: 12'8
What bar(s) you are attempting in the video: 13'3 bungee

i know my left leg swings out and down off the top of the pole but this vault was at the end of practice and it was the only one i could get loaded up

The video quality is not great but what I can see you need to work on the bubka part of your jump. You are currently swinging to 11 o'clock and dramatically crossing your right over you left to turn causing you to flag out. You want to swing to 12 o'clock then drop your shoulders and kick your feet to 1'oclock the way you would in a bubka. As you break your elbow in and pull, your body will do a natural quarter turn, the last quarter turn is just a little twist of the hips.

--Kasey

okay thank you.. whats a way to correct my left leg breaking at the knee before my swing is over (bubka part).. i can do bubkas fine a a straight bar i just lose it in the vault.. and sorry about the quality working on getting a video camera

As your feet swing up, try to watch them over the bar. When you see them, try to squeeze your glutes together and watch your feet as long as you can.

You row your bottom hand out and down in front of you during the swing. That's why you can't seem to get around on the pole like you want. I would suggest straight pole jumps focusing on keeping hands over head.

AVC Coach wrote:You row your bottom hand out and down in front of you during the swing. That's why you can't seem to get around on the pole like you want. I would suggest straight pole jumps focusing on keeping hands over head.

when your saying i row my hands out n down.. what exactly do you mean? sorry for the question.. i was always told to row at that point

Lots of kids are told that and it confuses the heck out of pretty much all of them. I make sure never to use the word row while explaining the swing to my kids, unless they do what you're doing then I tell them not to row. The motion to get inverted is a rowing like motion, if done correctly the arms don't go forward, the hips simply swing up to meet the hands. Think about it... If you row your hands out in front and try to swing your hips to your hands......where are your hips going to be when this train finishes it's wreck? Your hips are going to be out in front, probably even with your head making you parallel with the runway at best. Does that make sense?

it makes sense than k you.. now fixing it is going to be fun fun part right?