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Post by John Milne on Feb 14, 2007 15:58:06 GMT -5
I didn't wanna hijack Smashinsky's thread about warming up in practice.. so I thought I'd pose other practice questions.
When practicing do you give/take hits? Does it matter if it's closer to competition? Do you practice the "Ready Go!" with hits, one guy hitting or both hitting?
Just wondering how others practice for explosiveness, reaction etc.
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Post by Curtis "Smash" Klashinsky on Feb 14, 2007 16:06:19 GMT -5
Appreciate you not Jackin' my thread Buddy.
When we practice Hits, We do it When we are a week or 2 out from a competition.
We switch things up throughout our "Ready-go / Hitting" practices.
Mostly, we have 1 person hit and the other catches. If it's anybody against Tyrrell, then get the person pulling Tyrrell to use 2 hands and try to stop the hit. That way he is getting resistance instead of just practicing a flash pin. It makes it more real for him. If we get a couple people who are evenly matched we will get them to setup like a real match and have both puller hit.
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Post by austinslater on Feb 14, 2007 17:22:35 GMT -5
We train starts maybe 1xmonth. When we were doing them every wk I get too beat up and my training suffers big time. We still train hard ex. static holds against two hands, wrist to wrist to failure but its mainly with build up type starts. Not sure if this is ideal but I do feel better keeping starts to a minimum.
Austin
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Post by Ben Pilon on Feb 14, 2007 18:15:36 GMT -5
The real key in this is the actual "GO".Concentrate on that word and you'll get it down. Not every referee says ready-go the same way though. Actually I think this should be revised so everyone has the same reaction. What I mean is set a rhythmic patern. Something like "ready - set - go". The reason why I say this is some armwrestlers can get used to a referee but the new armwrestler won't know how the ref. says it. Not everyone has the same delay time between the 2 words. Just thought I'd add my point of view on this.
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Post by Terry Palaschak on Feb 14, 2007 23:43:42 GMT -5
The reason why it is different is because we are changing the cadence on purpose. It is done for the exact reason why you stated in your post. It is to keep pullers from anticipating the "go" call especially in larger tourney where someone could have had the same reff a few times and another guy may not have had him yet. It is a way of levelling the field for everyone so that a guys hit is more reactionary as opposed to trying to time the hit according to a particular refs cadence.
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Post by Curtis "Smash" Klashinsky on Feb 15, 2007 0:11:02 GMT -5
I really like the Changing Ready-GO timing.
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Post by Ben Pilon on Feb 15, 2007 8:04:25 GMT -5
Everybody would get the same advantage for the "go" though. This would be like a red light-yellow light - green light effect. I do see your point Terry, but I do think random timings could cause some injuries.
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Post by Tyrrell Wojcichowsky on Mar 12, 2007 23:48:48 GMT -5
I don't think you would get two guys to wait for "GO" when they can anticipate. I agree Benoit that "GO" is the key. I heard many people say, "wait for GO, wait for the GO." I wait for "G". I want it over by "O". Hitting at practice has to be important. At least half of armwrestles are won on the "go" Learning how to catch is just as crucial. There's always someone faster. And if you're the fastest, you won't get it right everytime. We do maybe 10% hitting at practice, if that. But 80% hits still allow for learning.
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Post by Curtis "Smash" Klashinsky on Mar 12, 2007 23:56:43 GMT -5
I was waiting for you to chime in on here Tyrrell. Anybody who has seen you pull should know that you are very knowledgeable when it comes to Ready-Go's. Speaking of, Ken and Justin both really want to work on that at practice. Looks like you and I will be doing some catching
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Post by John Milne on Mar 13, 2007 6:58:37 GMT -5
When you guys are hitting/catching what intensity is it at? Is the hitter blasting right into you? Does the hitter just hit for timing or try to follow through right to the pin? What I mean is does the person hitting let up a bit after the hit and allow himself to be caught? The reason I'm asking is that we very rarely practice hits, I was just wondering what you have found most effective.
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