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Unread postby vaulter870 » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:02 pm

how do you go about working on and perfecting the plant. it is the single most important part of the vault and i am curious what people have done to master that so that they can have a powerful plant and takeoff!
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Unread postby IndyCoach » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:12 am

We do a lot of slide box work... it is something you will need to break down into steps to perfect.
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Unread postby ryansanta » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:35 am

Walking plant drills, 3 steps. Bubka was rumored to do around one thousand plant drills a day. At Reno Pat Manson talked about how everytime he went in and out of his dorm he would do 10 plant drills. If he forgot something and had to go back he would do them again too.
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Unread postby vaulter870 » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:20 pm

i wish i had gone to reno :(
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Unread postby SKOT » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:35 pm

ryansanta wrote:Walking plant drills, 3 steps. Bubka was rumored to do around one thousand plant drills a day. At Reno Pat Manson talked about how everytime he went in and out of his dorm he would do 10 plant drills. If he forgot something and had to go back he would do them again too.


that sounds a little OCD to me, but it does seem like a good idea :)
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Unread postby ryansanta » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:10 am

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Unread postby vaultmd » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:57 pm

Work on your run and pole drop.
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Unread postby Mecham » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:24 pm

IndyCoach wrote:We do a lot of slide box work... it is something you will need to break down into steps to perfect.
I heard somewhere slideboxes arent very good :).
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Unread postby Vault&Flip » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:12 pm

Mecham wrote:
IndyCoach wrote:We do a lot of slide box work... it is something you will need to break down into steps to perfect.
I heard somewhere slideboxes arent very good :).


Nothing is good if you use it incorrectly.
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Unread postby bvpv07 » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:42 pm

Vault&Flip wrote:
Mecham wrote:
IndyCoach wrote:We do a lot of slide box work... it is something you will need to break down into steps to perfect.
I heard somewhere slideboxes arent very good :).


Nothing is good if you use it incorrectly.


But if you use them correctly, slide boxes are great!
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Unread postby JTred » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:08 pm

Slide boxes are good or you can just plant into a shirt if you don't have one.
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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:23 am

the reason I have heard slide boxes to be bad, is that in order to move a heavy one and not fall on your a**, some people lead too much with their left shoulder and block. Doing the same thing with a towel will allow you to plant correctly and square due to taking little effort to move it, and accomplishes the same goal as the sldiebox. :)
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