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my dad and I are rising up through the ranks a little bit,
Dean Starkey 19'5 (5.92)
Garrett Starkey 17' (5.18)
combined 36'5 (11.10)

what sized poles are you on? and also your jump looks pretty solid!! I think you could definitely jump 16 if you work your butt off. your takeoff looked a little bit under especially on your first 2 jumps at 14. That's why you were not getting the desired energy out of the pole. I have the same issu...

You should have posted that other video you sent me, it was a lot better of a take off!!!

ya thats true and I feel like the way it works at high schools is the track coaches send all the kids who are not fast enough to win any races over to the pole vault pit. Also coaches rarely let good athletes focus on the vault because they want them to do a bunch of events just to score the track t...

wow.... kinda weird that the guy in this video with the red hair died today his name is ryan dunn

oh yea rockin the carbons I see....

one thing that helps me is before every practice i walk down half of the runway on my heels and have of the runway on my toes and it just helps warm up/ strengthen those muscles.... also, shin splints seem to get better each year you do track.... I had them really bad freshman year, a little bit sop...

run fast - hold high- use a big stick model!!! My family seems very familiar with this model..... My step mom and I were talking about it and it seems like the trend for most everyone from back when my dad was jumping was get as strong and fast as possible and get on as big of a pole as possible. T...

hmmm it looked a little bit better but i would not recommend letting go of the pole without completely finishing the vault, you could pick up some bad habits like that

what is happening is that you are rowing whether you are trying to or not.... its like your trying to push your top hand to your legs rather than swinging your legs up to meet your top hand. Think about it, how can you get out of the L position and drop your shoulders if your top arm is being pushed...

will do!! what was it set at? 13'6?