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Alrite, so I'm on a 160 pole that was initially 15 feet but cut a foot, and I weigh like 157 pounds. Its not a good thing, because I can't get it to bend for crap where I'm holding (I'm guessin around 12 feet) - so whether it may be better to lose the weight and drop to a 150 pole that actually bends may be a bertter idea. I'm 5'10", and just really stiffpolling everyt ime I vault...

So the pole doesn't bend, and I'm having some trouble inverting and stuff because I think about it too much, and instead of looking up/forewards when I plant, I look at the box; when in the air I don't look foreward (which should be backwards).

I was kinda just wondering if you guys had any suggestions, because for popup inverts I can get like 8 feet at just a foot under my handhold, but when actually vaulting I can't get inverted. It may be as small as I'm not swinging my back leg as fast and hard as I should be, but I'm just kinda wondering on your guys's suggestions.

Post some video if you got it... Sounds like you are just on too big of a stick... If it orginally was a 15' 160, and cut a foot, then it is like a 14' 180 now (approximately)... So there is a reason it is so stiff... Plus, where you are gripping is probably really close to the sail piece... You just need to find an in between pole, like a 13'160 or 165...

Yea, I figured that was my only problem.

O well, with the standards set at 16" I can almost clear 9'6"...for today anyways. Last time I was using another team's pole which was a 155 to get that height...

Anyways, I'm also having trouble turning; I'll try to see if I can get some vids tomorrow at my meet.

Off 8 steps - real steps!
Take a nine foot grip -
put a soft bar at 10 and
take thirty -50 jumps at it twice a week.

You will improve I promise you.

O well, I go off a 6 step, I can probably do an 8 step...only thing that sucks is well, track season is almost over...

But the year does not -and your life rolls out ahead of you. Now is the time to get the real improvements made.


"Perfection does not come from doing extrodinary things, it comes from doing simple things extraordinarily well"

The problem is, a little while after track ends (until the end of school - hey wait thats like a month!) is as long as I get to keep usin the pits, and then they get put away until...indoor if the weathers nice, otherwise outdoor.

I wish I was in better weather....or had somewhere around ehre I could vault

OK, my coach kept moving me back because I kept striding out on my last step, and what caused my sliding was the fact that i was always too far inside. Teh thing that scares me though is that compared to my runback, my new mark where I can plant it right is...about 5 feet back from the original mark. Kinda scary to think about that I stride out that much...

Nonetheless, I forgot one of the big things - driving my stupid knee! Up till now I've been running and just king been going with it...now if I could stop trying to pull myself up when I swing - maybe something I picked up from doing inverts into the pool...that and my arm has to stay out a little longer because it collapses as soon as I plant (my bottom arm)