Hervé D'Encausse Video - 1966

[KirkB]

This video is in French, and is entitled

Portrait du sportif Hervé D'ENCAUSSE, un des fers de lance de la perche française.

Literal translation: Portrait of the sportsman Hervé D' ENCAUSSE, one of the irons of spear of the French pole.

http://ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.ph ... _notices=2

He's the father of Philippe D'Encausse.

His elite career was 1963-1972. In 1968, he was within 1 cm of Paul Wilson's WR at 5.37m (17-8). He placed 7th in the Olympics, and was world-ranked 4th that year.

It's a 12-minute film, showing many basic PV excercises, but the good vaulting film is all in the last 3 minutes (in case you want to fast-forward).

You can see how much pits have improved since 1966! I jumped in far, far worse than that in high school in 1966-68.

I would characterize Hervé's technique as a typical muscle vault of the era - abrupt takeoff (under); dropping the lead knee; muscle to a semi-invert; and not much fly-away. But still having a PR of 5.37! (Not in this film.) His athleticism is phenomenal to go that high with such poor technique! (We were unaware back then that he was practising poor technique - he was one of the best.)

By typical of the era, I mean that he started vaulting on steel, and did not fully transition to fiberglass. In fact, we were all just figuring out then what the proper fiberglass technique should be.

I separate this era from the pure fiberglass era - where vaulters didn't have to unlearn steel technique. I was right on the fringe of these 2 eras.

I had the pleasure of meeting him in the 1972 Olympics.

Kirk Bryde

[baggettpv]

Kirk,
Can't seem to get to the exact place for the video. Any other website or specific address to go to? I love the old stuff, it's like listening to retired guys talk about life learnings.

Rick Baggett
WSTC LLC

[achtungpv]

This is the permanent link:
http://ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&id_notice=CPF04008110

A commercial runs first but the video didn't follow. I refreshed the window and then it played.

[baggettpv]

I like the pit and the standards....