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Early swing

Unread postby eaglesrl3 » Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:48 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDz8zyBUe7M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OlBsRWPQfM

Any tips on why I swing up so early and don't hold the drive swing. I've been trying to drive with the chest, push up with the arms, and hold the left leg back, but I always swing up too early. In the videos I'm holding a foot down on a 14' 165 pole.

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Re: Early swing

Unread postby vcpvcoach » Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:54 pm

The first thing I would fix is getting his step on not under.

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Re: Early swing

Unread postby straightup » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:59 pm

wow dude you gotta fix that pole drop to plant motion. everything else is tip top shape but wow still crazy good !
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Re: Early swing

Unread postby eaglesrl3 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:36 am


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Re: Early swing

Unread postby straightup » Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:59 am

if you feel that you are swinging early it could be that your letting your hips get sucked under or not fully hitting the inverse c position.
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Re: Early swing

Unread postby littlewilson85 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:37 pm

Your plant really needs some work and leads to a lot of your issues in the air.

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Re: Early swing

Unread postby KYLE ELLIS » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:54 pm

you don't swing to early, and I hope nobody convinces you that you do. Keep working on the run and takeoff, I like how active you are with your swing and that you're jumping over your grip.
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Re: Early swing

Unread postby CoachEric » Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:51 pm

Yeah, you're not swinging too early. Don't change it.

The reason you aren't rotating the pole all the way over and landing deep in the pit is because of what you're doing with your pole carry. Why are you pushing the pole on the ground? It forces you to lean way forward, completely throwing off your takeoff posture and plant motion. Learn to plant the pole from eye level. You should be doing lots of repeitions of a 3 step plant drill and pole runs on the track.


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