heavy weight shorter pole, longer pole, lighter weight?

[nitro]

well the thing is specer mccorkel is holding 14 5 making 17 3 so it is posible but for me i cant get that much blow so i have to hold higher my form gets a little worse but im jumping higher... so its for short term im trying to do stuff holding real high so i cant jump high but im working on the form little by little for the long term

[Barto]

If you are 6' tall and have jumped 14' on a 14' pole, then I would advise going to a 15' sail and gripping down on the pole. Don't raise your grip more than 3" at a time and don't raise it any further until you have jumped ~6" higher than you did with the lower grip.

The longer pole will have a higher sail and help you to better time up your jump.

Barto

[polevaulter08nw]

ok, well i have jumps around 14'9 to15'3 in practice since my 14 foot clearence, and i am normally holding at 14'3 aroundd 155 to 160 weight, If i went to a 15 foot pole, which weight should i use to start with?

[nitro]

to start with i would use a 15 145 because when you go up a foot in length the weight balance is 10 pounds less so a 15 145 is really the same as a 14 155..you said you are on a 14 155 and 60...if you have 15 145 it would be best because the first like 3 jumps i did on my 15 footers i landed in or close to the box so you dont wanna try to go too big but if your on a limited budget a 15 150 would work

[polevaulter08nw]

i don't have a limited poles, but buget yes, my real coach rents out poles so i more or less can use any pole i need, but for the record every 3 inches is five pounds, so i foot would be 20 pounds. just incase you forgot.

[rainbowgirl28]

Yeah it's more like 10 pounds per 6".

This chart is very useful for determining the next pole:

http://www.skyjumpers.com/articles/reli ... _chart.htm

[polevaulter08nw]

thanks

[nitro]

well crap i guess ive been jumping about 15 pounds between poles then

[polevaulter08nw]

yeah, thats not really good!, you should check that out.

[polevaulter08nw]

new question, which do you guys prefer, a big stick thats closer to your weight, or an average (13'6 to 15) stick maybe 30 pounds or more over your body weight?

[nitro]

depends what your trying to do if you want quick results go to a longer pole but if you want better techneque for the long run hit all the positions and get used to getting the lift of the pole on a smaller stick

[saraf]

I think I am just learning this now. But you don't want to forcefully keep ypur grip down. I think I did that last year and now I am gripping more then a foot higher. Its much easier to hit positions now.