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Hi
what do you think about technique of isi ?
because in 2005, we can see that she can reach 5m10 (big margin in helsinki and london) !!!

BUT since she changed her technique and her coach she can't manage to reach 5m95. Her vaults are less higher, less beautiful, less easy
galfione said she lost a little her superb technique.

i wonder if it wasn't an error to change technique ?
and i would like to know your opinion about it

and also, in which parts she's better ?
The plant ? the take off ? The swing The row ? the extension ? etc

I think it's the swing and the extension
but my knownledge in pole vault is

to answer your question, yes. I think she has lost a little bit out of the middle pf the vault... which is causing things to work a little differently on top.

http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=13117

A somewhat prolonged discussion of this broke out over on the T&FN board after the Zurich GL meet:

http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=395496#395264

I don't really have anything more to add at this point.

Thanks
very interresting even if i don't understang all

many people say that isinbayeva is not a bubka female ( perek, Sébastien levicq)
she's a great PV but not exceptional as bubka was in men

everybody knows that soon a lot of women will come up to 5m80 and a few 5m90-95.
i think it's because of these expectation yelena changed (and also because her old coach treat her like a child and was too possesive)
she knows, that one day, practice with a soft pole would limit her in her quest
as galfione said, you have no choice, il you want to go higher, you must use poles more tough.

If one day, she find that petrov's technique is not for her (each athletic is different). Is it easy to come back in her old technique ? or we must wait again two years ...

In the old non technical explaination: "Ya gotta dance with the one that brung ya"..............Isi's technique was set long ago......once a learned mechanics is ingrained...under PRESSURE.....that technique will ALWAYS emerge. Pressure......not competitive for Isi....but as she tries to jump higher her neuro-muscular learned technique will always emerge. Ergo, she better go back to her old coach or "she ain't dancin' anymore"!!!!!!

I don't know where put this old iterview (2005) of Boslak where she mention yelena
source sport24.com
in french

Sport24.com : Vous côtoyez Elena Isinbayeva assez souvent. Est-ce qu’on apprend de quelqu’un comme cela ou est-elle vraiment au-dessus du lot ?

Vanessa Boslak : C’est vrai qu’elle a fait cinq mètres donc c’est un petit fossé qui se creuse. Après, elle n’est pas toujours au top. Elle vient de changer d’entraîneur, peut-être que cela va modifier des choses, que cela va prendre un petit peu de temps avant que tout se mette en place. Cet hiver, elle n’était pas non plus en grande forme. Elle gagne les Championnats du monde en salle avec 4,80 m. Elle a eu chaud avec Rogowska juste derrière. Tout peut arriver en championnat.

my translate/résumé

Sport24 : you often meet Elena Isinbayeva. Do you learn something of somebody like her or yelena is too strong (another world) ?

Vanessa Boslak: It is true that she made five meters thus it is a small ditch which grows hollow. But, she’s not always on top. She’s just changed coach, perhaps she will modify some things, and that will take time before all is set up. She was in danger against Rogowska.

Sport24.com : Est-ce que vous vous imprégnez tout de même de certaines choses que vous pouvez voir chez elle ?

J’aime bien sa deuxième partie de saut. Elle renverse relativement vite et ensuite, elle travaille très très bien sur sa perche, comme un saut d’hommes. Sa première partie de saut, son impulsion, Petrov, son nouvel entraîneur, est en train de changer cela donc j’évite de regarder cette partie-là (sourire). Après, au niveau de la gestion du concours, ce n’est pas quelqu’un de très communicative sur le sautoir. Elle se met dans un coin, elle met sa casquette, elle regarde ses pieds, elle se prépare juste quand elle doit sauter une barre. Je ne suis pas en train de la regarder sur sa préparation parce que franchement, je n’aimerai pas être comme ça. Moi, je préfère continuer à discuter un peu avec les autres, me concentrer quand cela devient des barres importantes mais rester quand même souriante. C’est un plaisir quoi, cela reste un jeu. Après, chacun a sa façon de fonctionner mais je n’ai pas envie de changer.

Do you impregnate all the same few things of Isinbayeva when you see her ?

I like her second part of vault. She reverse quickly and do a good job with her pole, as a man. Concerning her first phases (impulsion), Petrov is changing it, so I don’t look it (smile).

But after, in the management of competition, she doesn’t speak.
She is in her nook, she has her cap, and looks her feet. She just prepares when she must vault. I am not looking her during her preparation because frankly, I don't want to be like her. I prefer to continue to speach a little with the others, focus myself when it’s important. It is a pleasure, a game. After, each one has its way and I don’t want to change.