10-27-10



Brad: still notice your left leg not fully extending the entire run,
still getting very long on 1L. We don't need to give up on this.

Raz: still need to change the angle up some at take-off......chest/hips move up a bit more off the last step. We need to challege bigger poles to see what holds up under pressure.

Chase: keep working on elastic/aggressive stretch and staying behind the pole, then the whip swing and fluidity will come

Michael: gotta learn to run on the runway like the leg loader platform.....then finish it. We will spend next practice also working on "moving the arms" to keep the top of the pole in motion and not get "swept"

Vault 10-20-10



Maira: Things look better at times but we have to put it all together
1. Gotta push more aggressively (less bounding/back kicking)
2. Pole drop/tip height must improve.....tip up, left hand under, relaxed/tall posture..finish the run like you mean it
3. Jump up tall/tight and aggressive....even when the arms are up well, you are too far under and slowing down to come off clean.

Kevin: Run, drop, plant are really much improved this year when
1. Plant, stretch, aggressiveness broke down when you tried to swing
2. Must learn to get head up, open chest....stretch then swing up through the shoulders
3. Need lots of rope, rings, high bar @ gymnastics

Rasnick: Much better aggressiveness....more consistent
1. Be careful not to float the pole up, you are under it well so keep accelerating it up. Sometimes you are so relaxed, you seem to get hit and caught with "dead" arms
2. Cont. to work on aggressive move off the ground...no hanging
3. We need to work in the knee drive thing.....not casting heel forward.

Brad: legs looked a little flat
1. Don't give up on penultimate.
2. Arms still not finishing extension, this seems worse when you get long on 1L
3. Hip tuck, emphasize posture and penultimate step rhythm change, and new drop mechanics

VAULT PRACTICE - 10-13



THINGS TO WATCH:

1. BODY POSTURE
2. TIP POSITION @ 2L, 1R
3. RIGHT HAND POSITION @ 2L, 1R
4. IS MY HIP OVER MY FOOT AT TAKE-OFF
5. ARE MY ARMS ELASTIC? ALLOWING THE LATS TO STRETCH (LEFT BICEP BY LEFT CHEEK)
6. AM I BEING AGGRESSIVE COMING INTO THE PLANT?
7. HOW ARE MY RUNNING MECHANICS?
8. DOES MY PENULT. HAVE GOOD RHYTHM?