Hi Gery,
I've not gone to a strand pulling contest. Last year the main
contests I went to (that I wasn't running) were bodybuilding events as
I was assisting &/or supporting a guy I know who competes. To be
honest the strand pulling events look like pretty small & informal.
When I first joined I thought they'd be more formal & organised. I'd
say that the first people to put together a decent federation will
probably be able to export it worldwide as strand pulling is something
most strength trainees do, but have nothing to focus on. Getting
something as simple as a dedicated federation website, with youtube
videos of the pulls & written rules for each lift & a contest line-up,
also an easily copied template that people in other countries who want
to affiliate to can copy, so you can go for national contests to real
international contests pretty quickly would stimulate real contests.
Also getting standardised equipment from a set manufacturer (like, for
example ironmind) & using that as the official contest set. Also
learning how to set up a set of strands to balance different arm
'wingspans' , so longer armed competitors use longer handles & shorter
armed competitors use shorter handles, so everyone pulls to the same
tension would be something to consider for any federation or it'd be
the short armed guys who'd win every time (you would not need to use
this rule, but it's a thought). Something with the internet being so
fast these days is also, informal international events via the
internet. You can get people to put in videos of their pulls & have
judges give them white or red lights for the pull & the winner gets
something small like a t-shirt or a small trophy to start with (while
you start to dig up sponsorship). That'd generate some interest in
contests between nations, or stronger lads that otherwise couldn't
meet face to face.
1001 ways you could generate interest with little or no real cash
input, just time & effort. if I had the time I might even do it
myself :-)
Anyway I've gone on long enough I'm helping run a health fayre this
weekend so need to get some sleep as tomorrow is going to be madness!
Speak later,
Pete
2009/3/20 Gergely Kéki <
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