"where should put my head?"

[KYLE ELLIS]

Where to look:

At takeoff, or right after takeoff, look at your bottom (left) hand and drive up through it. When you swing, look for your top hand, and then look for your feet above your top hand. When you see your feet, watch them and put them over the bar. Then watch the bar and stay out of it's way.

This sounds very simple, but even elite vaulters concentrate on doing some version of this. It doesn't matter if you are a 7 foot vaulter or a 19+ foot vaulter, your visual ques always matter.

Watch video of almost all elite vaulters, and you will see that it looks like they are doing exactly this.

that doesnt sound simple to me, that sounds downright hard!!! to be concentrating on all that in the middle of the jump is crazy to me! and i still dont think looking at your hands is a good idea...

[vaulterpunk]

i just watch my feet go to the sky or the cieling and a lot of people tell me i come up the pole well so i just stick with that (if i look at the bar i don't come up the pole as good) oh yeah and i think looking backwards is unsafe also