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how many days a week does everyone practice?sinec our season started we have practiced like 4 times getting very angry cause im not getting any higher want to go practice with another school but dont know if that is aloud

we practiced 5 days a week and yes you can go to other schools, all we have is a cement runway, no rubber, so we went to bigger schools around to practice on their pits

roxie wrote:how many days a week does everyone practice?sinec our season started we have practiced like 4 times getting very angry cause im not getting any higher want to go practice with another school but dont know if that is aloud

Are you talking about practicing pole vaulting or practicing everything (running, strength work, etc)?

If you are talking about pole vaulting, it is counterproductive to practice 5 days a week. That is not enough time for your legs to recover. You should only vault 2-3 times a week, and use the other days to build your speed and strength and work on pole runs.

i did the sprinter workout and my pole vault workout 5 days a week, plus i lifted everyday so should i not be doing that next year because it never really botherd me?

txpolevaulter_k25 wrote:i did the sprinter workout and my pole vault workout 5 days a week, plus i lifted everyday so should i not be doing that next year because it never really botherd me?

You'll find your jump sessions go much better if you take a day off every now and then.

Recovery is an important part of training.

we run everyday sprints but for jumping we really have done none i know our coach is busy with sprinters and realy team and wont let us jump unless he is over at the pit which is never at a meet before jumping he conciders that a practice i put myself on a new pole yesterday at a met and only jumped 10 with the help of other vaulters i want to get higher and i know its not going to happen without practice if i go to another school which ive had offers i dont want my coach to get mad and not let me jump he already has an attitude

thank you

We do the sprinter workout on Mondays and jump on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Sometimes we only jump on Wednesdays because we have meets on Tuesdays, but on these Tuesday meets I start at really low heights so I can use the meet more for practice. Thursdays and Fridays vary depending on what the meet schedule is for the week.

this season i barely got to practice PV.
we got a new track coach and he didnt understand i was MOSTLY a polevaulter.. so all i did was run and do other jumps..
i was lucky if i got 2 practices of less than 1hr and a half long..
new pv coach who wasn't too serious..
i only PRd 9 inches. ]: compared to a foot in one meet last year...

since im pretty much on my own with pv training....
does anyone know of any good week-long workouts?
e.i. running, lifting, jumping.. everything?

in season we practice 6 days a week.

And NO MORE than 40 hours. (yea right)

Monday - Vault shorter run
Tuesday - short sprints drills
Wens - Vault Long run/lift
Thurs - Sprint work out
Friday - Sprints/drills/ lift
Saterday - Lift/long run

Depending on the time of year we might add more volume, or take awat reps.