Side Ways Clearance
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 2:49 pm
Hey guys,
Hopefully someone can see something I can not. I have a girl who when she goes to clear the bar gets turned sideways, specifically to the left. Her swing is not great but pretty good for a high school girl. Hips get stuck like a lot of people but I think I know how to work on that. We are working on improving her takeoff, approach speed and pole drop timing and keeping hips and leg back at takeoff to improve her whip and swing. The better she gets at that, the more powerful the swing and closer to invert she will get. Has made big strides in last few weeks. I thought fixing this would also fixed this sideways clearance thing but has not. I have never dealt with this before. Basically, when pole goes to move around her, her body goes with it.
Most of this started when someone told her she needs to "flex" her elbow inside the pole to get upside down, "pull" the elbow under the pole. So she literally started to pull her left arm towards her body at takeoff, sometimes before getting off the ground. This made her go left and into the left standard. I understand the elbow needs to be inside the pole but have never told someone to purposefully "flex" or "pull" it in. With proper takeoff, the pole should go around the arm and elbow is easily inside. Am I wrong here or am I missing something? Did we miss interrupt what guy meant by elbow in?
Here are some videos.
https://www.coachseye.com/v/Ctbp
https://www.coachseye.com/v/3ygb
https://www.coachseye.com/v/USzL
https://www.coachseye.com/v/JDOq
Any help you guys can give be appreciated.
Hopefully someone can see something I can not. I have a girl who when she goes to clear the bar gets turned sideways, specifically to the left. Her swing is not great but pretty good for a high school girl. Hips get stuck like a lot of people but I think I know how to work on that. We are working on improving her takeoff, approach speed and pole drop timing and keeping hips and leg back at takeoff to improve her whip and swing. The better she gets at that, the more powerful the swing and closer to invert she will get. Has made big strides in last few weeks. I thought fixing this would also fixed this sideways clearance thing but has not. I have never dealt with this before. Basically, when pole goes to move around her, her body goes with it.
Most of this started when someone told her she needs to "flex" her elbow inside the pole to get upside down, "pull" the elbow under the pole. So she literally started to pull her left arm towards her body at takeoff, sometimes before getting off the ground. This made her go left and into the left standard. I understand the elbow needs to be inside the pole but have never told someone to purposefully "flex" or "pull" it in. With proper takeoff, the pole should go around the arm and elbow is easily inside. Am I wrong here or am I missing something? Did we miss interrupt what guy meant by elbow in?
Here are some videos.
https://www.coachseye.com/v/Ctbp
https://www.coachseye.com/v/3ygb
https://www.coachseye.com/v/USzL
https://www.coachseye.com/v/JDOq
Any help you guys can give be appreciated.