Favorite Elite Vaulters

Tsu · Unread postby **Tsu** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:18 pm

Male - Dmitri Markov, probably because his runup and plant is godlike. And that's one quality I'd like to have

Female - obviously Becca Gillespy... cuz she can be an awesome vaulter AND run an awesome site at the same time, MULTITASK!

JMP8928 · Unread postby **JMP8928** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:56 pm

oooh lord.

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:35 pm

Tsu wrote:Female - obviously Becca Gillespy... cuz she can be an awesome vaulter AND run an awesome site at the same time, MULTITASK!

Well one out of two anyway

I guess I am a multitasker... I am posting from the indoor track at Arkansas State while the guys jump!

JMP8928 · Unread postby **JMP8928** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 4:35 pm

niiiice.... tell johnny and d- rab i say whats up

VTechVaulter · Unread postby **VTechVaulter** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:08 pm

on the men side TMACK, cuz he gave me some great advice once and actually answered my emails.

for the women id have to say chelsea johnson and shayla balentine because we spent hours looking for people to roll at sky jumpers!! and they are pretty spectacular athletes

Mecham · Unread postby **Mecham** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:05 pm

Well for the guys i'd have to say Brad Walker, cause he went to my high school and he is good. We even have the same coach still, so maybe his skill will sway my way.

As for the women... i think im in the same boat as vaultninja. You cant really go wrong.

SlickVT · Unread postby **SlickVT** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:05 pm

Its pretty obvious that if you are American and a pole vaulter, you love Toby and Tim. Thats a given.

Two of my personal favorites are Tarasov, who had probably one of the most flawless vaults EVER, and Galfione, whose run is freakin amazing and just flew off the end of poles. Only downside is that he is French.
Haha.

Women's side the jury is still out. Feofanova has some beautiful technique tho...
As of right now my vote is for Jamie Presley.

mowad1 · Unread postby **mowad1** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:59 pm

Darn! Beaten with to the punch but I will agree the Maxim Tarasov is the only guy ever to make the vault look smooth and easy. A great technical model for my teaching.

For the females: Svetlana Feofanova is very efficient and smooth considering her "short" comings. Poor girl just got the better of Dragila when here comes Isinbayeva. She will always be the brides maid but she is another technical model for my teaching.

OAKPV2004 · Unread postby **OAKPV2004** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:42 pm

man. Gotta give it to bubka. I have been looking at his jumps and he starts of so smooth and relaxed. Easily had the best run of any vaulter ever. Tarassov was a bit better off the top and thats it.

K_Rabbit · Unread postby **K_Rabbit** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:23 am

Here is a comparison of Bubka and Tarasov

http://www.advantageathletics.com/polev ... rison.html

VTechVaulter · Unread postby **VTechVaulter** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:43 am

K_Rabbit wrote:Here is a comparison of Bubka and Tarasov

http://www.advantageathletics.com/polev ... rison.html

that comparison is crap. how are you gonna try to say that tarasov was not a great technical model. yes bubka jumped higher, but there is no mention of runway speed on that page. Thats the only difference. Many people will argue that tarasov is a far better technician than bubka, and i personally agree. not that bubka isn't still the man. just sayin

mowad1 · Unread postby **mowad1** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:21 pm

I totally agree. Bubka is running faster and probably has a stiffer pole than Maxim because of it.

Performance wise, Tarasov has the highest junior performance and highest opening height of any jumper. The man was smooth and consistent, period.

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