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I was wondering if any of you could help me out with ways I can stay in vaulting, but I guess I should explain a few things first. I just finished my 5th and final year of college, and with that my 9th year of vaulting. Vaulting has been a very serious focus of my life for the last 8 years (my fresh...

Glad to hear you liked it. I'll keep working on it. Thanks!

Hey all of you with great input so far, These last few days I've been practicing changing some things around in my vault. Bring my grip closer, carry my pole higher, jump at takeoff, don't block with my bottom arm, swing instead of pull... Kind of a lot. And I have been doing A LOT reading on these ...

No worries Kirk - the way I see it, its nothing compared to the advice i'm getting back here it is on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqLRQ1onLN0 I've been reading up a lot on that forum you told me about - pressing with the bottom arm - i never knew how much of an issue and hot debate it wa...

oh, and I wanted to say, Im sure a lot of great, similar input has been discussed before so feel free to direct me to other discussions, I'm just new to this and there are a lot of discussions, so I don't know where to look!

This happens because your take off is too flat -you must increase the vertical component at take off - remember this is 'a jump with the pole' - in almost every language. except English. This also the most likely reason for your inability to grip higher. Altius, It is difficult for me to collect an...

hey KirkB, I never expected for anyone to reply so quickly - can't tell you how thankful I am. here is the link for the video at fliggo: http://polevaultvideos.fliggo.com/video/xOaLUUox I tried to attach the file since its a quicktime video already, don't know what happened though... You seem to pre...

So Im new at posting things - I hope it all works. Im a college vaulter and have been vaulting for 9 years now, I weight 165 lbs. and am 5'10...my coaching has been limited so Ive got some bad habits. But here's the thing - I feel like I am missing a part of the vault - a crucial part - that will al...