where do you hold on the pole

[VTechVaulter]

okay so i know it sounds dumb. but heres what i mean

i just started using 16'9 poles, but i only hold like 15'9 on them. i find the higher sail piece helps me vault more efficiently. just curious as to how close to the top some of you guys hold


ps.. sarafian you might be the only one holding lower from the top than me if u see this. haha. but your still a beast

[rainbowgirl28]

If you are only gripping 15'9", why not just get stiffer 5 meter poles?

[VTechVaulter]

well i know i can hold higher, and ive used the biggest 5.0m weve got. and my caoch really wants me holding much higher and i know i can, just a matter of getting my step out.

but in the mean time. i do really like the way these poles react. the reason we bought them is that last year i was holding 16'. and bob and brian carrel at pacer talked about a reasonable next move

unfortunatly a lack of confidence does rough things to vaulters as im sure many of you know.

[andrej]

The lowest I gripped was 455 on a 5m pole. Now I grip 480 and thinking of getting longer poles. I think you're right because longer poles react differently and when you raise your grip you don't have problems with changing the length of the pole. And from my experience, it's always easier to jump higher with longer poles.

[opalkak]

I grip about 15' on 4.90's and about 15'4" on 5.0 m's. I think I really should work on raising my grip

[saraf]

biran, i m slipping .. maybe i need to get longer poles or somthing ... i m now gripping like 14-9 on the 15-6s and a shocking 14-9 on 15' poles .. now that looks wierd for me .. holding close to the top!!

[VTechVaulter]

9 inches man from the top... yeah its time to go up to 16ft poles. haha

im like a foot down right now, but i really wanna hold 16' at regionals if we get break on the weather

[uconnvaulta]

holding low is a recuring theme for us i think, im on 4.90s and i hold like at like 14-9 15 feet, its kinda ridiculous, but i get tossed , im startin to move the hands up, by the end of the summer i wanna be holding around 4.90 cappin it

good luck to all you fellas at regionals, make a name for us eascoasters,