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- Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:33 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Advanced Technique
- Topic: The Push Plant Issue resurrected!
- Replies: 44
- Views: 990453
Re: The Push Plant Issue resurrected!
The push plant is, in my opinion a legitimate variation that may limit an athlete's ultimate potential in exchange for considerable early success. I would like to see it called something besides the "push plant" as that is the last phrase I would want in the back of a beginner's mind.
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:27 pm
- Forum: Website News and Camp/Competition Announcements
- Topic: RIP Alan Launder (altius)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 40506
Re: RIP Alan Launder (altius)
I just now got this news. There are no words adequate. We have lost one of the true scholars and gentlemen of this sport. Though he could be a curmudgeon, his rough edges were always tempered by his love of the sport and his passion to teach. I loved that old man and I loved him all the more for the...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:36 am
- Forum: Pole Vault - Intermediate Technique
- Topic: "Lead up" Drills
- Replies: 3
- Views: 15725
Re: "Lead up" Drills
I love the sand pit drills but don't have access to one at the facility I use. Not many home made set ups have a sand pit. There just isn't room. I have found that you can teach the same things at the box, but you have to make sure the vaulter can get a consistent step and are running properly first...
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:07 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Intermediate Technique
- Topic: How the bottom arm should be used
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12253
Re: How the bottom arm should be used
Yes. Yes. Yes. Let's dig into this from the perspective of, "how do we fix this." Crucial topic.
- Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:29 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Intermediate Technique
- Topic: The One-Arm Drill
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15217
Re: The One-Arm Drill
I'm not a big fan of one arm drills. The left wrist staying above the left elbow throughout the approach and takeoff is so important that I want it to be a part of pretty much every drill.
- Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:15 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Advanced Technique
- Topic: GRV: Lavillenie - From Stall Swing to World Record
- Replies: 238
- Views: 649967
Re: GRV: Lavillenie - From Stall Swing to World Record
Absolutely! I would buy it in a heartbeat.
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:16 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Beginning Technique
- Topic: A minimalist approach to developing pole vaulters
- Replies: 18
- Views: 96086
Re: A minimalist approach to developing pole vaulters
Beautiful, Alan, exactly what I think a beginner should look like. And I absolutely agree that rockback drills on the pole are pretty useless. I don't mean that as a pejorative; I really never use them. I find that if the approach and takeoff are emphasized, the swing develops along with them. If, h...
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:34 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Intermediate Technique
- Topic: Butt in the Bucket
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17199
Re: Butt in the Bucket
Don't lose heart. What I am seeing is a very young vault. But it does show a lot of promise. I second the responses that advise you to be taller with the top arm more fully extended at the plant. In the vault, problems with one phase are almost always caused by things that have happened much earlier...
- Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:06 am
- Forum: Pole Vault - Advanced Technique
- Topic: GRV: Lavillenie - From Stall Swing to World Record
- Replies: 238
- Views: 649967
Re: GRV: Lavillenie - From Stall Swing to World Record
Thank you so much for this excellent work, PVstudent. It is very much appreciated.
- Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:02 am
- Forum: Pole Vault - Advanced Technique
- Topic: howtopolevault.com
- Replies: 24
- Views: 631871
Re: howtopolevault.com
Watching the videos, which appear to be from '90 or so then there's a gap to 2014. Did this guy just get out of prison? Watch this one for the text at 1:40 to have your mind blown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCovLFUpHIs I don't want to beat this dead horse much more, but I had to comment on thi...
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:03 am
- Forum: Pole Vault - Advanced Technique
- Topic: howtopolevault.com
- Replies: 24
- Views: 631871
Re: howtopolevault.com
"As it always has been and as it always will be." Did you mean -"Always SHOULD be" - Tim? I was thinking more about the theory than the application of it, but yes. When there are people out there arguing for a takeoff two or more feet outside then "should" is definitel...
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:21 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Advanced Technique
- Topic: GRV: Lavillenie - From Stall Swing to World Record
- Replies: 238
- Views: 649967
Re: GRV: Lavillenie - From Stall Swing to World Record
let's say a figure skater released a hammer in the middle of their spin. (I would pay to see that.) Nothing would be gained by shortening the radius. The spin would speed up, but no additional power would be generated. The hammer would leave their hands with the same force whether they were spinnin...