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Training blog of Renaud Lavillenie: http://www.renaud-lavillenie.com/

The videos show his latest training session.

1 left: 3m50 with 4m/70kg - standards 80

2 lefts: 4m30 with 4m30/75kg - standards 80

3 lefts: (foot at 12m80) 4m80 with 4m60/77kg - standards 80

4 lefts: (foot at 17m) 5m20 with 4m60/84kg - standards 80 (near miss at 5m30)

Here is his YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/renaud169

Nice to see a world class vaulter sharing his progress!

I love Renaud, but you can see the difficulty he has in applying his style at such a short approach (without building up his speed, which is he greatest attribute). -6P

Interesting that he doesn't use a stiff pole for the short approaches. He just sits on the pole as it bends slowly instead.

Double leg swing into a double leg tuck. Maybe there is hope for me yet. lol.

---Kasey

Instead of looking for what Renaud does wrong. Look for what he does right. He is afterall the youngest guy to ever jump 6m.

I actually really like watching him jump he does a lot of things right. I actually am a big fan of the double leg swing I don't think it is a technical flaw. I have an extreme double leg tuck which is why I point it out. I notice that even from a long run he takes off full speed out of the back, I admire his fearlessness. In order to take off with this all out approach must take an extreme amount of confidence. Even running this fast he seems very relaxed, he has no problem handling his speed. Except for his take off being to low I pretty much like everything about his jump. His double leg tuck I actually think is fine because of the extra energy he generates by the double leg swing more then makes up for this passive phase of the vault IMO.

---Kasey

kcvault wrote: ... His double leg tuck I actually think is fine because of the extra energy he generates by the double leg swing more then makes up for this passive phase of the vault IMO.

I wouldn't call his double-leg swing passive. A passive action (inaction?) is something that doesn't add value. So if he was just hanging his lead leg down like dead meat, then THAT would be passive. He brings it down then swings it up again with his trail leg quite effectively, so I think that follows the Continuous Chain of Motion Theory.

Kirk

I wasn't I was calling his double leg tuck passive I like the double leg swing, the tuck is simple because it is hard to swing fast enough to get inverted with a two leg swing with out tucking. I was saying the energy added by the double leg swing I believe more then makes up for the tuck on the top. (It is the tuck I am calling passive not the swing)

---Kasey

Something else to notice, is that he is blocking out at the plant. Because of the amount of bend in the pole his body continues to rotate effectivly and with the double leg swing he gets inverted with power as well as anyone today. He and Brad Walker are very similar.

Doug Balcomb
PV Coach, Colfax HS