Hand positioning for basic invert

plumtwisty started this discussion · 6/6/2012

Hey all! So, while I have been poling for several months now, getting a pretty v-invert has been a toughie for me. Well, today I was watching my practice video and I noticed that part of the reason is that I am... well, crooked! In particular, keeping my outside hand higher than my inside hand causes me to tilt to the outside. So I thought-- what happens if I switch my hand position? Sure enough, inside arm high, I did a perfect v-invert and held it without any difficulty! Am I a weirdo, or has anyone else done this/noticed this? So weird!

2 replies

plumtwisty · 6/6/2012
(... well, I'm sure the fact that I'm a weakling might be contributing to this weirdness. haha)
dustbunny · 6/7/2012
I used to do this too when I first started. I found part of my problem to be that my outside wrist was not neutral when I grabbed the pole to set up for an invert, it would wrap around behind the pole. Then, when my feet would come up off the ground I would swing around towards a neutral position. It was rather awkward, and not very pretty. I think part of it was that I was compensating for a lack of grip strength, or I should say "perceived" lack of grip strength. Once I realized that straightening out that wrist eliminated the swing, I was fine.