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I've been seeing a lot of college vaulters doing some kind of skip in their run. They do it at the beginning of their run. They're second left has a little jump in it. I was just wondering if this helps build speed and if it's worth trying out.

Some people think it gives them a bit of a pep in their step, and it will make you faster because you run from farther, however so will just adding another left to your run. I think any kind of skip just builds inconsistency because most people can not do it the exact same way every single time.

Ditto on it being inconsistent.

As an official sitting at the vaulter's start, I watch this skip routinely. Seldom if ever does the vaulter come down where their starting mark is. Seldom if ever do they come down in the same spot every vault.

A skip at the start does not maximize the vaulter's ability to consistently start on the same mark.

hello

their should NEVER be a skip.... you are ultimately going to be slower AND inconsistant....

the skip is the "body' intuitively trying to get the athlete in position to "impluse"/jump at the takeoff..

simply means the steps are "off"...

dj