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We can try to give you all kinds of advice, and it will help. But Pole Vault is quite a technical event, and complicated. It is VERY easy to learn bad habits that are then really difficult to get rid of later. I believe you, and especially your coach, should (MUST) get the book "From beginner t...

I would suggest the reason is: The takeoff is well under (i.e. past the top hand). The pole starts to bend already when the vaulter is flatfooted and the knee of the free leg passes the takeoff leg. There is never a proper takeoff, but the vaulter is rather ripped off the ground by the loaded pole. ...

Video of your vaults needed...

I believe that you need to fix the beginning of the swing first, and in particular how you should swing your takeoff leg STRAIGHT until it is about horizontal. You can look at Clymers videoanalyses of Bubka, that is a good model. When it comes to drills then the basic stiff pole drills where you sta...

In my humble opinion you need to go back to doing a lot of very basic drills in order to polish your technique in the plant and in the takeoff. I think the first half of this video includes some drills that might help you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfoDWbW26ZA . You need to do walking, jogging ...

Continuing from the intermediate Technique thread (as the discussion was transferred here): I do personally believe in the idea of an takeoff that is slightly out, a free takeoff without pole resistence, a pretension in the body that results in a vicious kick. So far it is quite clear. the pole bend...

I have studied B2B2 exyensively, and continue to do so on an almost daily basis. I believe I understand a fair bit of what Petrov and Bubka teaches. However, when time comes to apply the theory into the real world the problems start. Like when analyzing what vaulters are doing, why they are doing it...

I have looked at some videos from Reno 2013 that was published in the internet, and I am trying to comprahend what I am seeing. I have been reading B2B quite a lot, and I am using that as a reference point (and I have read quite a number of threads on PVP as well). Are we seeing a new trend, where p...