Skin-the-Cat to L Position Pole Vault Drill

Amy and Natasha demonstrate a very tough drill that is great for building ab and lat strength for a quick rowing motion in the pole vault. Amy is doing the "hard" version; Natasha the "easy" one.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• pole
• vault
• drill
• strength
• gymnastics

[PelletierPV]

be careful when you do this. Its great to build strength but when you vault you only want to be in the "L" position a fraction of a second before extending upward.

[MeTubb]

Let me guess...you tried it and couldn't do it right? ;)

[MeTubb]

Be aware, it's MUCH harder than Amy makes it look.  Don't get discouraged ;)

[xegloxaniac]

I know this is dumb but I'm going to ask anyway. Is that Amy Chow?

[MeTubb]

Not dumb; in fact nice catch. Yes. It's Amy Chow from the '96 and 2000 US Olympic gymnastics teams.

[94gymnast]

"Steven move you're gonna get kicked in the head. Steven move. Move!"

lol

[laxman345]

god damnt steven move out of the way!

[teiaperigosa]

this little girl is sick!

[Sam42190]

steven move your gonna get kicked in the head haha

[gymshiv]

i'm confused, is this hard? I'm a rec gymnast and i can do this, it's on bar, so that might make it easier, or maybe i'm just doing it wrong, but i do go right round and then back to the 'sitting/pike' position and then reppeat. ah well, who knows, this was awesome, as for rings...well, i'll stick to bar for now....

[jameshollands]

Hey Amy looks amazing doing that - she is definitely an awesome gymnast, and I am sure a great pole vaulter too - good display :) James x

[PelletierPV]

haha well actually when i first started i could barely do one... but i had a great training partner this past year and an amazing coach that pushed us... now we do 3 sets of 10 on a high bar for a usual workout. But rings are a lot harder!! I think we do something similar, we just go from a hanging position and keep both legs straight, all the way to the bar, then extend upward into a bubka. Its tougher to do it slowly!! We dont go backwards and come back again the way you girls do.

[NYVaultCoach]

I like the "Steven Move!!" in the background. Isn't it just like little kids to be in the way?