Video #1 - First thing I notice watching the video run at normal speed several times, is that after a good, solid build up in pacing for steps 1 through 7, steps 8-9-10 pacing is very lethargic and "flat". So we go frame-by-frame to look for the reason - and it is clear... You initiate Lean at step 6 perfectly, and step 7 comes across the 1-6 line perfectly as well. Your Lean in 6-7-8 is textbook perfect, but then you UN-lean early at 8-9 and are upright vertical before step 9 leaves the approach surface and in the 9-10 transition step. Bottom line is that this too-early un-lean in the approach causes lots of undesired effects in the takeoff and flight of the jump: Use the cursor arrow keys to go back and forth between the last frame with your plant foot toe still on the ground and the first frame with it off the ground. You can see that you are not releasing the jump to vertical, with shoulders ABOVE hips, but rather trying to choose an angle of release to center the apex of your jump over the crossbar - which is extremely difficult to do with any consistency. While this is a pretty HIGH jump, you can see that the center of your parabola is at least a foot behind the crossbar on this attempt. The correction is to make sure you LEAN all the way through step 9 and into step 10 on your approach and then release the jump to a pure vertical with shoulders ABOVE hips! This movement from Lean entering 10 to a True, vertical & ABOVE release creates the "un-leaning effect" that will center your jump over the crossbar without you having to jump at some perfect angle toward the bar... Another concern is your bar-side arm "leading" into and over the crossbar well ahead of your drive knee and other arm. This "leading arm" is a bad habit also created from having no Lean entering takeoff that steals from your jump's lift and can throw you out of an Above position. The solution for this is to work on some "Together" jumps, focusing on both arms and the drive knee coming up perfectly TOGETHER at takeoff - like when we do our BQT (Big, Quick, Together) arm drill workouts... Video #2 - Very similar approach to video #1; I know you can pace-up stronger 7-8-9-10 when you are helathy and strong. Here while the Lean is held a bit better through 9 and into 10, the leading-arm is even stronger in throwing the take-off out of "Above" and pushing the jump apex to well BEHIND the crossbar. Your spikes almost touch the front edge of the mat on your way up! We can also see this by comparing where your beltline at takeoff is compared to where it is when you land - halfway between these points is the center/apex of the jump. When you are landing very deep away from the front of the mat then chances are the center of your parabola is beind the crossbar... |