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Do you contract your scapula together?
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:57 am
by seamaster
Recently I had the opportunity of talking to a member of the Chinese national team.
He told me their national head coach Wang Yi-fu (?) stressed contracting scapula together while raising the pistol arm. This contraction creates a stable skeletal frame, minimizing the overusage of weaker neck muscles for raising pistol arm.
I tried this scapula contraction technique. It seem to work very well.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:46 pm
by Steve Swartz
1. Sometimes we misunderstand what others are saying.
2. Sometimes others intentionally mislead.
3. Those who are successful generally do not desire company at the top.
4. "Contracting muscles" unecessarily does not seem to be a good idea?
Perhaps the national coach meant that by contracting the muscles of the back to relieve the work done by the muscles of the neck- temporarily, while raising the pistol- but not while holding hte pistol in it's settled mode- provided the "holiding" muscles soem relief?
It just seems like I must be misunderstanding somethihjng here. Is the chinese coach suggesting that we squeeze our shoulder blades together during the settle (while holding)?
Or???
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:56 pm
by jackh
The coach might simply mean 'stand tall, shoulders back'. Making sure the scapulae are not slouched over helps.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:06 am
by JamesH
The coach might simply mean 'stand tall, shoulders back'. Making sure the scapulae are not slouched over helps.
Reckon so, works for me, when I can do it.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:54 am
by Steve Swartz
Seamaster:
What exactly is being recommended?
Contracting shoulder blades during loft or during hold or both?
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:36 pm
by Seamaster
From what this shooter demonstrated to me it looks like this: stand tall but relaxed, shoulder back, scapula contracted but downward into lumbar area. He had this peculiar look as if his mid belly is puffing out.
I did a google search on what Wang Yi-Fu looked like in his prime. Those photos look very much like what this shooter demonstrated to me.
Relaxed, shoulders back, scapula contracted down into lumbar lower back, mid belly slightly puffing out.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:38 pm
by deadeyedick
mid belly slightly puffing out.
Sounds like a description of my shooting style.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:47 pm
by seamaster
http://www.targetshooting.ca/
Under coaching information
Under Wang Yi-fu
Relaxed, shoulder back, scapula pulled into lower back, mid abdomen (not lower) puffing out.