Back Again

[yankee814]

Hey, guys I'm back after a 9' 9" clearance!
So far all the little tips have helped alot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTj7M90gG68

Thats a video of my last meet's clearances, all comments are welcome, thanks

[rainbowgirl28]

You look like you'll be ready for 12' poles soon

[KirkB]

I've PRd by 15 inches in the past two weeks just from reading these forums and doing the recommended drills!

Yankee, keep reading and keep doing the drills! That's what PVP is all about!

I see a couple obvious flaws in your vault.

First you're bending your trail leg too much once you take off. Instead, swing it long. Practice this on a highbar. Search for "90 degrees kirk" and you'll find a few threads where I critiqued other vaulters recently for the same flaw. Remember that at 9-9, you don't need to be as perfect as them. It's OK if you shorten your trail leg up a bit ... it's the natural thing to do, until you properly train your body to swing it long.

Second, you're pulling the pole in towards you as you swing. Instead, you should keep your arms straighter ... especially your top arm. Don't worry so much about what the bottom arm is doing ... just HANG ON with that one (but don't push or pull)! But the top arm should be straighter. You're hunching your shoulders, which brings them too close to the pole. Stay back, away from the pole, and let the natural swing action happen ... just as if you're swinging on a rope, rings, or highbar. In fact, practice on those, to improve your arm/shoulder strength and technique.

You're going to do very well this year. You have the athleticism ... now you just need to work on your technique and keep training hard! Good luck!

Kirk

[yankee814]

thanks kirk, I've been working on the position of my arms during the whole jump so that I stop pulling and have also done tons of high bar drills

Hope to keep PRing

[powerplant42]

...done tons of high bar drills

You mean you've already done 10,000+!?

[yankee814]

not even close! But I'm working on hitting that magic number