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Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:06 pm
by VaultPurple
Now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phu-JkmHS_4He has improved a lot since his 4.80 victory at Penn Relays in 09
2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=916_hipBf8wat his new vault at 4.80 .. that is how everyone needs to try and swing!
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:13 am
by golfdane
And training in Formia... Promising.
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:24 am
by VaultPurple
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:26 am
by rainbowgirl28
Yeah he's FAST. On that jump he hit about the same mid that the top three elites were hitting the night before.
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:53 am
by dj
hey Becca,
what was the "mid" and was the "MID" a 4 or 6 steps? is he on a 5 meter pole?
dj
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:29 am
by VTechVaulter
anybody think hes overstriding here? looks like hes could be running a lot taller and probably wind up a pole or two up and jump 20cm higher in a hurry. lots of raw potential there. whos he training with?
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:04 pm
by kev44000
dj wrote:hey Becca,
what was the "mid" and was the "MID" a 4 or 6 steps? is he on a 5 meter pole?
dj
No not 5 meter. He is on 15 foot poles, he told me and Tom Hayes.
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:15 pm
by rainbowgirl28
DJ, I think the 4 step mid was ~41' or 41'6.
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:22 pm
by Andy_C
VTechVaulter wrote:anybody think hes overstriding here? looks like hes could be running a lot taller and probably wind up a pole or two up and jump 20cm higher in a hurry. lots of raw potential there. whos he training with?
I think so too, he's "sitting too low" on the run - this type of running is much more suitable for sprinting. The last two steps look particularly deep and heavy - landing on his heels first. Last step is a huge block-step and he would be losing quite a bit of speed at the very end of the run. Also the take-off is not as powerful as it could be because of how much he bends his legs in the final step in an effort to jump. But this is all technique stuff which is fixable with a lot of hard work. Definitely a lot of potential here and I'm very much interested in seeing how high he goes!
-Andrew
Re: Flying Jamaican
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:21 am
by dj
hey
41/41-6 is equal to a 54 plus 6 step "MID"... Bubka was at 56 feet .. a 5.10 grip and jumped 19-8 easy ... and had the correct speed and posture for the 56 mid...
i agree overstriding.. overstriding means he can't get the hips in the correct alignment to actully takeoff correctly...
the run is out of sink from the start with the "bound" or "gallop"... he will always have consistancy problems.. out more than "on"...
will be interesting to see if he makes reasonable progress..
dj