Pole Vault Trail Leg Drill (Amy)

[ibm650]

You've persuaded me that, like pole dancing, pole vaulting develops unbelievable upper-body strength and endurance, not to mention grip strength.

[trev92polevault]

Dude in the background doing curls for the girls! ha Classic

[THEmanTHATSwhite]

you are a badass...... just sayin

[PoleVaultForLife]

too much swinging, that makes it easy

[jlb531]

My pr is 10 foot Woooooo!! in know its pretty sad

[sabrefreak94]

@jlb531 not at all man haha be proud of yourself, im a junior in highschool jumping 10 6 and im happy with the progress ive made, this is probably the toughest sport in the world and 10 feet is still a big accomplishment, just keep on chuggin

[FWRProductions]

@sabrefreak94 yah what they said im a freshman and on my track meet i got 9.6 which to say i should have got 10 but they didnt move my standard but i still got 3rd place btw it was a freshman meet

[sabrefreak94]

@FWRProductions yeah i only cleared 8 as a best as a freshman so hey you got potential, or at least more than me :P

[FWRProductions]

@sabrefreak94 but what suprised me is the kid that got first his dad was a world record holder for pole vault

[DriveMadxPUNK]

you never ever pull it will mess up your jump i was vaulting 11 feet just today and i went to a pole vault clinic and he trained me to push and never pull and within 6 jumps i went from clearing 11 feet to 13 feet with a 12 foot grip with only one day of practice in six months i think that is a good starting improvement. and at the top after the swing it does look like your pulling but its not its just the momentum.

[misscheekybumy]

woo she's got muscle

[keykid18]

This is what I've really gotta work on. It's my 1st year vaulting and my best height so far is 9'6" I can get a good run and plant, but once I'm in the air, I suck at swinging my trail leg all the way up.

[ajaandkimmy]

We do this at practice every day, but she's way better at it!

[TheSpencer77]

She isn't pulling at the top. The momentum from droping her shoulders after the swing is carrying her upward. If she didn't bend her arms after that the rings would just go slack and probably jolt out of her hands.

[CastroGreg14]

ok.. you don't pull on the plant is what they are trying to say. you push up and away on the plant. you pull after you are inverted and the pole starts to unbend, but you never ever pull down on the plant. that will result in you sinking down into the plant. sure you will get tons of bend, but you wont have any depth and it will be almost impossible to fully invert. i should know.. i had that problem!

[kamikazejuggler]

Technically when you pole vault you don't pull. You're supposed to get momentum from your run and translate that into a strong takeoff. From there, you should swing your legs up in front of your hands and keep that momentum going up. It's not in the act of pulling but the act of swinging up to your pole. At the end technically you are pushing to try and get as high as you can off your pole.

[jazzyjosh11]

He's right you don't pull into the pole you get your toes up, you drop your shoulders bringing your body against the pole

[flyingace451]

You pull INTO the push off. When inverted your top hand is between your hips and feet...the only possible way to push off of the top of the pole from that position is to pull first.

[CharlesWII]

that's the one

[FallenShrouds]

Never ever pull. Bad things happen when you pull. If you can't get enough momentum when inverted to get over the pole, you're doing something wrong.

[trinity1728]

ahh amy chow....

[wallmunky503]

Holy crap that's the most graceful pole vaulting exercise I've ever seen done. That was cool 0.o

[Clintoniumer]

no actually u don't pull. u keep ur arms straight until the pole starts unbending then u start turning then push off.

[CharlesWII]

we need to find a way to settle this argument for once heh

[sexybeastofkonoha]

that is... amazing. nearly flawless... bravo

[PelletierPV]

What are you talking about? She is doing that drill textbook to what it should look like. Not pulling? When you get inverted you pull as hard as you can and pull ur toes toward you. Thats why people say "jumpswingpull" not just "jumpswing". But dang, nice job on that drill. I usually am supposed to do 10-8-6 on that, but i dont have that much spring when i do it!

[dickiesboysktr]

Just a tip.

Please don't take any offense.

When you do those drills...

You get completely inverted but,

you are doing it by pulling as seen in the video and i would recommend you to try not pulling and getting vertical so that the drill is connected even closer to actually pole vaulting.

[CharlesWII]

yeah, you're meant to pull. Because when you are pole vaulting, you pull.

[shortyclimbersmiles]

acctually no, you never pull when pole vaulting, do you even know what you are talking about? vaulters do puxh ups, not pull ups. a lot of ppl who have never vaulting think you pull, but any real pole vaulter know you dont.

[CharlesWII]

watch bubka vaulting and you'll see when he's got fully inverted, he pulls.

So actually, yes, you do pull when pole vaulting, do you even knnow what you're talking about? ¬.¬

[0saiyan0]

wat grade r u in

[MeTubb]

just finished med school, starting residency

[0saiyan0]

ur amazing!!!!

[MeTubb]

Update: Now it's 13-5

[MeTubb]

13'

[dickiesboysktr]

may i ask what your PR is?

You've got quite a snappy trail leg.