Staying close to the pole

[KJ]

did you lose your shoes today... they are in the lost and found at the coast guard... you might want to go pick them up!!

[spike gibeault]

lol yea, i called russ, he told me he put the there
my bad. I wish i could have stayed to watch your jumps, you were looking good in those drills when i left. and i had no idea you threw shot too! whatd you get in the shot?, and is that a new P.R. for you? 11' 1.25"!?

[KJ]

Yea I put the shot... and yes that was a new PR for me i threw 35'3"! Oh and the 11' 1 1/4" was a new PR as well! But God am I sore today!!! Those three events really hurt my back...so now i end up taking alot of time off expecially after meets to try and remain healthy! The guys took sooo long to finish... i kind of liked jumping with no one there... it was like having sooo much less pressure while still at a big meet!

[advath]

You can see the Topper drill and read a full explanation at
http://web.archive.org/web/200510230035 ... page_id=81
Give it a while to load all the pictures down toward the bottom of the page.
You won't be able to get one from that page or leave a comment cause that's an archive of the old site.

If you want one you'll have to go to the new site at
http://advantageathletics.com/product.p ... bCatid=108

[BRANDT]

im getting no "pop" and i think its because of this not staying with the pole?

Well in order to get "pop" or fly away, you need to be in the invert position as your pole begins it's recoil, if your on a pole thats 40lbs over your weight you should most definitely be getting some sort of fly away or pop. So make sure your coach is watching your invert and tuck (tuck being bringing your left ankle to your right hand [ifyour right handed], by the petrov model keeping that swing leg as straight as possible with that right knee bent) phases of your vault and make sure you are hitting those phases, ideally tucking right before the pole recoil and inverting completely as the pole is starting to recoil.