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yea i guess you have a good point there. nicely put, gives me some motivation

Hey everyone, since we are on the decathalon topic i have been pondering some thoughts. States and state opens just ended for me, and i cleared 13' both meets, besting my previous personal record which was 12'6. Althought a PR is always good, here is the problem. My school record is 13'4, and i just...

yes bryan curley has a PR of 15'1 this season. he only got 13'6 at state class so that was his qualifying.

I just got back from the state open meet, Thull won with 15'6 and Curley took second at 14'6. Results should be up soon.

-john

wow your situation is just like mine. I am also on a 14'6 pole, and got 13 at states, barely missing 13'6. Looks like both of us just need to get in more. Like the other guys said, everything is slow on ur vault, but you need to somehow get in, maybe pushing out more with ur bottom hand. In my opini...

im training for the decathlon now, can't wait to compete in it.

seems like it should be a lot of fun, thats why im doing it. i think you should do it too if you are considering it.

thanks for the tips, im gonna try to work on those tomorow in practice. i can never get my bottom arm to collapse, if i cant get it, any tips on how to make that happen?

hey guys got 2 more vids from practice today. if anyone wants to comment on anything feel free to. First jump is on a 14 160 rocket, second 14'6 160 carbonfx. One thing i know is keep swinging and get my butt up, but anything else im open for criticism. thanks john http://media.putfile.com/practice-...

This post is excatly what i've been looking for! i have my conference meet today, and havent practice since my last meet in which i was told i had to shorten my grip. my grip was hugeeee, and i knew i had to do something about it, because thats what was keeping me from being inverted. But i was unsu...

Is your handgrip too wide? I had the same problem for a while, it was because my hand grip was too wide for my arm to come in, so i would just block like hell with my bottom hand. If you try to make your handgrip a little closer to shoulder width apart, and maybe move back another step or 2 to get m...

oops forgot the videos.

11 feet- http://media.putfile.com/divisionals-11

12 feet- http://media.putfile.com/divisionals-12

12'6 miss- http://media.putfile.com/divisionals-126-miss

thanks guys

k i had my divisional meet today, but i am still stuck at 12 feet. i have included jumps at 11 feet, 12, then a 12'6 miss. I moved up to a bigger pole on the 12'6, went from a 14'160 to a 14'6 160. I know i am still not getting verticle and my hips arent getting up, but my coach told me it is becaus...

I have also realized that when I take full jumps, I have the nasty habit of rushing out of the rock back position immediately into the invert and trying to turn all too quickly. What can I be doing to improve my timing so that I become more patient and do not hurry everything on the top of the pole...