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Unread postby skyin' pimp » Tue May 04, 2004 1:10 am

it's 10 lefts.. i have good reason for starting with my left foot back, and since i vault correctly (righty) it ends up being 10 lefts, 9 rights..
the approach should be a natuaral acceleration.. i don't know how many times i've heard to not blow out the back.. meaning.. you don't need to start at a full sprint.. there is no race to land.. only pursuit of skydom.. my stupid friend geoff would be vaulting 5.80 if he could figure this simple lil' thing out.. damn rednecks.. therefore.. i'm going to go to mich in a couple weeks and bitchslap the crap runway outta him.. i can't wait to publish my book..
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Unread postby wacky274 » Tue May 04, 2004 3:28 pm

Cool, someone else who starts "funny". I've gotten a lot of crap over the years for starting right foot forward, and being a right handed vaulter....glad to see more people confess it, lol, j/k
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Unread postby skyin' pimp » Wed May 05, 2004 12:33 am

be strong wacky.. it's the correct way in my book.. better for progressive training
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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Wed May 05, 2004 2:47 pm

wacky274 wrote:Cool, someone else who starts "funny". I've gotten a lot of crap over the years for starting right foot forward, and being a right handed vaulter....glad to see more people confess it, lol, j/k


I start the same way :yes: I always tell people that I run from 6 1/2 lefts when they ask how many lefts I take.
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Unread postby Decamouse » Wed May 05, 2004 3:07 pm

Ok - I do start left foot forward - do in all my jumps - just happen to vault and jump left handed - so I must be backwards all the time in all the events - as long as it comes out correct at the end - ;)
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Unread postby Skyin' Brian » Wed May 05, 2004 3:16 pm

Robert schmitt wrote:
wacky274 wrote:Cool, someone else who starts "funny". I've gotten a lot of crap over the years for starting right foot forward, and being a right handed vaulter....glad to see more people confess it, lol, j/k


I start the same way :yes: I always tell people that I run from 6 1/2 lefts when they ask how many lefts I take.

that is why it is always less confusing to go by strides rather than lefts.
although i take an even number of stides as i am normal.
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