Hey just wanted to see if those links worked for my jumps?
thanks


>From: "~~~~ Stone" <gstone@...>
>Reply-To: highjump@yahoogroups.com
>To: highjump@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HJ] Re: ankle issues
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:14:05 -0000
>
>When you say you can jump on it straight up and it's fine, but when
>you plant leaned away it hurts, leads me to believe that you are not
>planting your foot correctly. When you plant your foot to take off
>from the curved approach, your foot should be aligned with your
>direction of travel. Your direction of travel should be a line from
>your takeoff point to the center of the bar.
>
>What many jumpers do improperly is to point the foot toward the inside
>of the curve from that path, so the toes are pointed parallel or even
>away from the bar. This causes a lot of ankle problems.
>
>If you are planting your foot correctly alligned with your direction
>of travel at plant, the forces on your ankle are nearly the same as
>they would be if you were just jumping from a straight run and jumping
>straight ahead.
>
>You may be trying to get your back toward the bar during the takeoff
>drive - before you leave the ground. This would prompt you to point
>your toes toward the inside of the curve. There are other
>possibilities as well.
>
>Your approach is probably at fault here. An approach that does not
>deliver you to your takeoff point, leaned away from the the correct
>amount, and headed in the right direction can cause a host of
>problems. Let me know if you want to talk further about your approach.
>