I need Help (New Coach)
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I need Help (New Coach)
Hey all you coaches out there. I am a new high school indoor track coach. I was a mid distance runner in college know nothing about the vault. I am now coaching a small high school team (23 boys and girls). Here are the specifics of my situation. I only have one vaulter, a senior girl who has vaulter for 3 year with no coaching at all. She has vaulted 8'6" but never gets an opportunity to practice. We have no indoor facility and we are going to be going to a college track once a week but I was informed that they do not have a pole valut pit set up there. She has told me that the only time that she gets to practice is during the meets. I am really at a loss for what I should have her do during the week at practice. Any suggestions would be great. Any type of drills or anything. Also when she does get to a meet what are some simple things that I should be looking for to make sure that she is doing correctly. Also, and i know that this may sound dumb but what size pole should she use. She is about 5'5" 125-135 lbs. Any help at all would be great! Thanks
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i coached for 2 years without a pit or runway. It works well for the plant and the run because that is all you can do for the most part. I would build a sliding box (you can buy them if you want) and practice sliding plants like crazy. You can also have her work on planting against a wall if you spot her to make sure she doesn't fall. It works even better if you can put a mirror on the wall so that she can see what she is doing with her pole during the plant. Also I would find a place that you can set up some gymanstic rings and use them to practice swinging to get upside down. I had multiple 11' jumpers and a 13' boy as well as an 8' and a 9' girl. Good luck
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