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few people down under have been wanting to contact Simon Arkell the ex australian pole vaulter who moved to the states ages ago....we have no idea where he is...and i thaught someone on here might know where he is...we want to know if he is involved in pole vaulting still ..and if any one has a curr...

i am from australia and i am thinking of comming to the states for a bit to vault next aths season and i was wondering if any one could tell me the comptition structure over there and maybe a good state to bass myself in...i am 18 now and will me 19 then...if that helps at all. eyah so if any one co...

hey just a question what types of trainning do you guys do and how many times a week. summer or winter i just want to get an little bit of an idea

my load is

vault 2 times a week
run once a week which includes long jump
plio once a week weight 3 times a week
and gym once a week

witch one do you guys think is better and why

i think the pre jump is better because it can increase the pole ground angle and it reduces the amount of speed lost at take off

the main notable differences in the French model are 1. wider hand grip 2 front plant hand drops to level of the hips 3 during the rock back the vaulter crunches up in to a ball rather than swinging long. I think that the French model is effective but there are to many variables in their vault. EG. ...

Is Russian model more sufficient than the French model because it encourages fewer variables during the vault, is easier to teach and understand? I believe that the French model is effective and results show that however I think that it has to may variables in it and that is why there are not a who...