pre-stretch
				Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 6:59 pm
				by dheldr01
				Does anyone have a picture of a great pre stretch example and/or the key components to watch for
Chest penetration?
Top hand?
Shoulds?
Hips?
Etc..
			 
			
				Re: pre-stretch
				Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:37 pm
				by KirkB
				See your other thread re downswing: 
http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=19826 These 2 topics are so tightly coupled that we might as well discuss them together. You can't have a good downswing without a good pre-stretch, and it's very rare to have a good pre-stretch without a good downswing (Isi being the one exception that I mentioned on the other thread).
Kirk
 
			 
			
				Re: pre-stretch
				Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:11 pm
				by superpipe
				Doesn't get any better than this.  My favorite freeze frame photo of all time:
