Closing eyes before inversion

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Closing eyes before inversion

Unread postby wayupthere » Sun May 18, 2003 8:53 pm

ok i was wondering a lot of people have been tellin me that ur eyes are open at take off and when the pole starts to recoil ur eyes close and u have a cinsetic feeling of where u are and u pull and turn and push off and by the time u see the bar is when ur over it. i was just wondering if anyone knows what im talkin about and if this helps?
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Unread postby frozensteele » Sun May 18, 2003 8:58 pm

That actually sounds like a good idea. I have never heard it but my biggest problem is looking at the bar which causes me to try to push off too soon. I think if I would just go with the flow and not worry about the bar I might be able to finally get past my PR. Thanks!
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Unread postby wacky274 » Mon May 19, 2003 1:08 am

you should not close your eyes during the vault. This can cause you to lose body awareness in the air, and is potentially dangerous. You need to be able to see where you are at in the air, closing your eyes should not compensate for some form of confidence that will cause you to be more willing to fully invert. BE CAREFUL HOW WE POST THINGS ON THIS SITE. Pole vaulting is under enough scrutiny right now, and we need to make sure that if someone takes any information from this site, that they will be SAFE doing it. Just my thoughts.
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Unread postby wayupthere » Mon May 19, 2003 8:09 pm

wacky274 wrote:you should not close your eyes during the vault. This can cause you to lose body awareness in the air, and is potentially dangerous. You need to be able to see where you are at in the air, closing your eyes should not compensate for some form of confidence that will cause you to be more willing to fully invert. BE CAREFUL HOW WE POST THINGS ON THIS SITE. Pole vaulting is under enough scrutiny right now, and we need to make sure that if someone takes any information from this site, that they will be SAFE doing it. Just my thoughts.



well excuse me but mike tully (once a world record holder) said that his eyes closes right before inversion. ive talked to many people and they say that closing their eyes is almost automatic in the vault to them. initially ur eyes should be open to make sure everythings going ok then as the pole is recoiling is when it happens!
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Unread postby vaultguru6 » Mon May 19, 2003 9:26 pm

i think wacky is trying to say that if you naturally close your eyes in your vault, then more power to you. But don't tell people to TRY and close their eyes in their vault. I for one don't think i close my eyes, but i don't remember once what i see when rocking back in my vault.
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Unread postby BrandoAZ » Mon May 19, 2003 10:01 pm

Yes buddy! I dont remeber most of the time either.. except when Im STARING AT THE BAR AND CRASH INTO IT... all the times I do it right I dont remeber :)
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