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I've been using a 12' 150 all season, and I was 150 exactly when i was weighed at the beginning of the season. i had to be reweighed for my championship which is coming up Saturday, and i'm 154 now, so i have to use a 12' 165 pole because that's all my school has. I only have a few days to practice ...

My first meet being able to pole vault because the other meets didnt have officials for it. I know i still have to work on keeping my arms straight, one of my biggest things. And my leg swing looks pretty slow.. I've also been coming down really close to the bar, hardly avoiding it. Of course my pol...

okay so when i do practice on safe mats, isnt it different to keep your arm straight when the pole isnt bending from holding it that foot lower, then when it is bending? cause you aren't upside down like you are when it bends. Because i can hold it low and keep my arm straight every time, just not w...

well it got ruined last year because of rats in our shed i believe.. and my school isn't too generous towards our track team. but thank you

For starters, i think i am taking off too far under, and i am having trouble getting inverted. I land on top of the bar almost every time.
Not too sure what i can do to fix it.

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I also have a similar problem. I have watched countless videos of pros, high school, and college vaulters. I know all of the major parts to the technique that there are to know. As i run down the runway, i do think about the drive and extensions and all, but i feel like i focus a lot of my attention...