A brief history of my brief pole vaulting career*Please Read

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A brief history of my brief pole vaulting career*Please Read

Unread postby TheBigMastodon » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:44 pm

Okay heres how it goes:

I am a junior in high school. I am 6' 170lbs. I played baseball from the time was 4 up to my junior year in high school. I decided against playing basketball this year, but to stay active I did indoor track. I was injured most of the season, but went to a few meets and vaulted just to get opening height and pick up a few points. My meets were:

8'
No Height
7'
7-06
9-06

After indoor ended I decided I would run outdoor track to get faster for college football. I have vaulted only twice this outdoor season. The first time was only a couple vaults with no bar and I wasnt trying, maybe 8 feet. Well a couple weeks later we had a meet against the NYS champs, Rome Free Academy. I kept faulting the low heights like 7 and 8 feet. Then I got it together and kept going until I got 11'6''!!!! I knicked 12' with my arm, I almost had it. I got a 2 foot PR without practicing even once! I am using a 13' skypole now but Im gonna use a 14' UCS next meet. I have only vaulted maybe 10 times in my life counting meets and practices. My school has a 13', 14' and 15' poles, all 175. I have a few questions:

How high should I be able to do with a 13' pole before I move upto the 14'?

With the lack of experience I have, what do you think is possible this season? I will be vaulting 4 or 5 days a week seriously.

Since my school has a 15' pole, I want to do 16 feet this season. I know its both ridiculous and unreal, but you gotta set high goals.

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Unread postby hallvaulter » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:10 pm

If you can, try to find a coach from your area that has some knowledge about the vault. Because just gripping higher everytime you make a higher bar will lead to injury if you dont have the speed and take off to handle the grip. Check out some other posts on this site, their are plenty about when to do what about poles and what not, and if you have any other questions, ill do my best to help, just PM me.
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