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Is there any opinion on if getting a bruise on your bottom arm is good or not. Once I started inverting I noticed I was hitting my bottom arm on the pole as I inverted and have developed a calice there. I know there are wrist bands available to give some protection for it, so I know it's not just me who does it. But I never gave it much thought to my technique. But after thinking about it, could it mean that I am too far in front of the pole upon inversion? Any thoughts out there on the subject?

Getting a bruise is a good thing!! The closer it is to your hand the better. The bruise usually you are staying close to the pole when you go upside down.

How bout getting a dime size bleeding wound ripped open ever time I vault......you can tell what poles I use cause there is blood stains on them...lol

hey

i'm of the opinion that a bruise is a bad thing... and means you may have "force" bent the pole and didn't swing and invert fast enough...

if you invert to the "I" or body extended - upside down- vertical position.. FAST and while the pole is still bent ... you don't get the bruise..



dj

dj wrote:hey

i'm of the opinion that a bruise is a bad thing... and means you may have "force" bent the pole and didn't swing and invert fast enough...

if you invert to the "I" or body extended - upside down- vertical position.. FAST and while the pole is still bent ... you don't get the bruise..



dj

im not sure how i feel about the bruise, i dont see any great vaulters wearing arm bands, so i worry. but ive seen some good technical vaulters wear them.. so i dunno.

mine bleeds from a dime sized hold too

I know a number of good vaulters who get the bruise. It will happen when you are inverted and moving the pole, and the pole is more between your legs then to one side. Its not a bad thing, and if i start bruising it i wear one of those fuzzy football wrist bands, does the trick!

Bad thing, you are letting the pole straighten before you are moving up it. Very bad....Very bad....

Rick Baggett
WSTC LLC

baggettpv wrote:Bad thing, you are letting the pole straighten before you are moving up it. Very bad....Very bad....

Rick Baggett
WSTC LLC

so you are staying to invert quicker?

I agree that it happens when the pole straightens too soon.

Personally, my bruise comes and goes. Some days I have it, others I don't. Generally it happens to me on short approaches and small poles.

Coach Baggett is right the vaulter needs to keep pressure on the top of the pole because if the vaulter lets the pole strain it will slap the bottom arm and it will bruise the arm. Not good. Plus once the pole has strained the pole has nothing left to give the vaulter. The jump is over… and you have a bruise bottom arm. Keep the top hand pushing though out the jump or in till you come off the top of the pole.

Huh, learn something new every day. I was always told a bruise was a good thing. Guess not and looking at some recent jumps sometimes I do let that sucker snap to vertical prematurely.

but to get to the point that for a lot of people it is a good thing because it means that the vaulter is getting inverted very good but once you can get inverted and keep pressure on the pole so you can turn before it would bruise the arm is when your really gonna jump high....dont know many people that can do it tho