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it seems to me that you slowed down on the last couple steps. what i noticed is that during your approach your right hand is located far behind your hip when it should be close and tight to the hip. when you lower your pole with your right arm so far back it slows you down on around your 3rd to last...

First off you could be holding quite a bit higher if your plant wasnt so late keep you top arm straight! maybe try some one arm one step sand pit drills on a few of your jumps it looks like you dont jump as much as you should causing your hips to collapse from under you grass vaults can help if your...

I am 5' 9" and vaulting on a 14 pole gripping around 5 inches from the max hs grip sticker (i don't know the exact height of my grip) and my pr is 13 6 im also almost 18 going into my senior year. i am not really worried about my height because im about average but i would definatly like to be ...

Our poles always land in the box

it takes a good plant to get high (our team shirts)

put the pole in the hole

ice ice ice! i found icing multiple times a day helps with weekly massages and icee hot and a shin brace to compress the bone

how i was tought is swinging until i could learn to whip my trail leg back so that i would lead with my chest. it sort of feels like a jerking motion at first but it is much easier to get upside doing using this method

i have pretty bad shin splints as well and what i do is get a shin brace but socks works as well and also ice atleast 5 times a day i usually took a break half way through practice and iced on top of icing before and after practice.

another option is using icee hot i liked using that on my shins

dumb bell snatch is the way to go... much safer

my coach called grass vaulting "jump plants" for a reason.. they help

The human body responds differently to different types of training. Body builders are training differently than Olympic power lifters (or pole vaulters), both are lifting, but both are lifting differently. Furthermore, you shouldn't just train one way, the body needs change over time as the season ...

alright alright you know maybe you guys are right and maybe im being a little stubborn about this lol you made some really great points and now i understand this a lot better from what you said about vaulters being a single event ahtlete

thanks for the input

os this a joke??