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Ridiculous. Wonder if she'll try double arm swings for the bounds.
Also, she could probably have that heel run a bit more towards the butt and don't let it hang back when she sprints. You know, "imagine it's a glass wall at your back" kind of thing. At least, this is what I see in terms of possible improvements.
yeah on the sprint it looks as if she could get more glute involvement as well. she still seems to be a bit of a "push runner" at least if i am looking at it correctly.
skips look really impressive though...awesome
Yeah, that's probably true. Do you have any advice on how I can improve it?
Well yeah, you don't. He's more of a unilateral jumper (like, much more) and the special thing about him are probably his tendons/tendon stiffness, but he also has great strength. It depends on how you define "strength" though. I mean, he was doing stepups with 200 kg at 70 kg bodyweight.
He's very technically sound and has extremely good take-in put-out elastic ability.
Yeah I know he's very strog (especially at step-ups) So he would most likely be good at the standing jumps, but he isn't. So imo it's not very much relation between the standing jumps and the ones with a run-up. Although, it's probably just a benefit being good at both!
(His tendon stiffness is a result of the training he's been doing though the years, and not something he was born with)
Well know you're quoting that german documentary that compared Holm with Donald Thomas. You can choose to believe them or you can choose not to believe them. Just because they say it's not a natural born ability doesn't really mean it's written in stone and that they are absolutely true.
But yeah, jumps and plyos will stiffen your tendons. You still want some tendons to be stiff and some to be compliant. It's just important which are which.
Anyway, good step-up strength is specific to the one leg jump not the standing jump (when it comes to angles, muscle involvement etc) so they hardly correlate to the standing jump. Also, he's probably so used to the prestretch and preactivation using a high speed amortization phase that he isn't fond at all of using a slower/more muscle bound jump like a standing VJ. At the same time, there's more quad involved in a standing VJ than posterior chain, and that's probably a reason as well (he probably has a better developed posteroir chain than quads).
You don't need to be good at the standing jumps to be good at the other jumps.
Well yeah, you don't. He's more of a unilateral jumper (like, much more) and the special thing about him are probably his tendons/tendon stiffness, but he also has great strength. It depends on how you define "strength" though. I mean, he was doing stepups with 200 kg at 70 kg bodyweight.
He's very technically sound and has extremely good take-in put-out elastic ability.
My standing broad jump PB is 2,70m. (I got a bronze madal in the national champs a couple of days ago) 
ok ok back to training questions.
adistarhj, nice stats but it will be interesting to see how you progress over the next few years while you really get those lifts up. You already look pretty reactive from the videos you've posted, that's a great thing, because with a much better strength base, you will be FLYING.
Your template (weekly workout) looks good, nice mix of oly/strength/sprint/plyo.
and ya, vertec jumping is really fun, it's addicting trying to keep hitting one more notch (stick) higher.. it's nice to have something to aim for too, in 0.5" increments, it really forces that last bit of power out of you to get up there and get it.
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Welcome to the forum. Great videos too. Keep up the hard work. I'll try to get Raptor to stop stalking on you.
Thanks!
Oh no, she's done it now!
Haha see, the girl is smart, TOLD YA!
Really, she needs to be added to the beast thread. Are you going to get a log going on Maria? It would be really interesting to know your training, nutrition and recovery.
Welcome to the forum. Great videos too. Keep up the hard work. I'll try to get Raptor to stop stalking on you.
Hehe, Raptor is cool
Hi Maria, I'm glad you decided to accept my invitation (i'm KingzMj on youtube) and join our little community. I'm sure you'll have a great time here, so welcome and enjoy your stay. Good luck with training ,school and lots of!
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welcome to the forum! great videos, great training, been following your training on youtube for a while now, impressive.
where do you get your guidance on training? was it coaching growing up, school track & field coaching, or just being self taught (researching holm/others training methods)? I get a "self taught" vibe, which is impressive if that is the case.
what's your single leg running vert at right now?
anyway keep it up,
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