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I went to the vault camp at UCLA last year and it was really fun. You vault twice a day and the other times you get to do w/evs or the stuff they have planned for you. Curran usually goes around and helps every group while the actual UCLA vaulters have a designated group to coach. I really suggest g...

Hey bj,

are you having any camps anytime soon???

To people concerning Redneck,

maybe his grip is at 13'9" but it slides down like 2 feet allowing him to stiff pole.

This has happened to me for the last several days after returning from pole vault camp. I never knew I had so many mistakes in my form that I just keep on thinking about it over and over again in my head. It takes me like an hour to fall asleep because Im so hyped to polevault again. haha

Ok so I did what dj said by pulling a tire but the rope left a really bad mark around my stomach and it hurts when I pull the tire. Is there a specific way i should place the rope or other place where i can tie the rope to myself?

good morning a 12-7 grip means you should have a 6 step "MID" near 42 feet if you are running correctly.. 42 "MID" is 6 steps 5-4 inches long.. set your run up on the track and give it a try.. mark the "MID" and each of the last 6 steps.. dj I dont really understand wh...

Well I wasss using a 12 140 but at the camp I moved to like a 13 130, mainly because they were trying to emphasize form. Jumping around 11'-- 11' 6"?


edit- gripping at around 12'6" i think.

So I went to the UCLA pole vault camp this week and it was amazing. I didn't know my form was that bad. :o But ya, one of the things that was making me jelous and was causing problems was my stride length. Im pretty fast but the coaches said I take really short and choppy steps. How can I improve my...

how much for the 160???