Noah - Noah is a young athlete of mine - an 8th grader that is putting some good work in and is really getting some good technical pieces put together. Not only do I expect he will he do well this year in his competitions, but he is building a good, solid foundation from which some high marks will follow in the years to come!
1. Noah - you are making a good, smooth connection with the pole. For right now, I am quite happy with the "rhythm" of the vault for the first 2/3 of the vault. I love the long swinging trail leg - see how it doesn't break at all as it swings down. Very good.
2. I would like to see some more "space" at take off. There should be daylight between you and the
pole at take off - there isn't very much now. We need to get both of your arms extending all the way - you can see that at their highest point, both arms are still quite bent, we need to finish that extension into a position like we did in our hollow walks today.
3. The "peek-a-boo" is seen again! See the last film review - I went into depth about it there... don't look over the bungee... swing over it!
Zandy - I see some things I like, we have made a lot of progress from when you were very scared and timid at the take off last year. Now it is time to start putting some muscle into it! The things I want you to see... and work on... are to help you establish a better connection with the pole. Watch the vault and watch the pole at the moment of take off. Remember that we want to be pushing the pole towards vertical. Watch the pole in your jump and you will see it stop at the moment you are taking off - your body keeps moving, and the pole stops until your body comes "crashing" into the pole. Really, we want the pole to stay away from the body. So I want you to work on two things to help improve that connection:
1. Keep the tip up. The timing of your flip is good, but the tip has dropped too low. We want the tip to be at eye level when we flip - yours is dropping way down to hip level. Keep the tip up.
2. I need you to put some pressure on the pole with your left arm. Time to starts USING it. This will significantly help with the rest of your vault.
Watch this video - it shows swings in slow motion, but I want you to watch the take offs and not the relation the vaulters have to the pole - see how they keep the POLE away from them... the POLE is moving... there is no hugging or crashing into the pole - this is what we need to get you, and a LOT of my vaulters - to understand and do - move the POLE!
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