Best technical vaulters

[pvfire]

I think we should give girls credit so my list is only going to be Girls.

1. Jenn Suhr- Her jump is excellent. Even though Yelena has the higher heights, Jenn has the better jump.
2. Tiffany Maskulinski- If you have ever met her, she is not tall and jumped 14 ft. It is by far one of the best jumps I've ever seen from a pure technical standpoint. I think she could only get on 13ft or holding down on a 13-7 so quite a top end.
3. Svetlana Feofanova- another woman with a vault that has gotten better year after year. Her early jumps did have that long held phase but since she got rid of that, she is a totally new vaulter.
4. Fabiana Murer- A real solid vault.
5. Stacy Dragila- I was never a fan of her take-off. Besides that, her jump had a great top end and she helped put Women's PV on the map along with Feofanova. Her jumps still rank high on the all-time lists for a reason.
6. Anna Rogowska- Up until her late turn top end, she has a solid swing and tries to get tight to the pole and get as much out of it as she can. Her top end needs work though.
7. Annika Becker- I am not a huge lefty fan but her jump is fairly constant with no huge passive phase. Another woman with a solid all around jump.
8. Monika Pyrek- Her standards usually look deeper meaning she is really trying to do the jump as best as possible. She does have a slight tuck that some people don't like some people do.
9. Silke Spiegelburg - She is still developing but there is a good jump in there.
10. Jillian Schwartz- She never appears to be on a long approach but jumps some pretty good heights.

After writing this I realized I have 3 Lefty's on the list even though I said i wasn't a fan of them. Shows what I know. I liked Yelena's jump at one point but when it comes to technique which is the topic, I think she uses athletic ability more than form.

[joebro391]

Thought on this for a while...

1) Sergei Bubka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jibbgUBuuSA
2) Maxim Tarasov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H25TG1ee80
3) Kjell Isaksson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K-HZaXRpSA
4) Borya Celentano: http://www.bubbapv.com/Images/Borya%20Practice.gif
5) Kurt Dunn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L5IJTYHDt4
6) Nick Frawley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fONGG3YLQ3k
7) Greg Duplantis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN81WrPYHz8
8) Eemeli Salomaki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeM-Q7Oz ... ideo_title
9) Lazaro Borges: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygN40lO ... ture=feedu
10) Danny Ecker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjYuyrBy ... re=related
11) LoJo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45RBZehn2Cc
12) Tim McMichael: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHdlD8Gk4c

I feel that these are 12 of the best vaulters to look at for technique. Pick nearly anything about any of their vaults (except Borges's run) and try to emulate it

-6P

[LHSVaulterJJR]

These are all athletes i feel absolutely need consideration for this subject. in no particular order

Tim McMichael
sergei Bubka
Steven Hooker
Renaud Lavelliene
Maksim Tarrasov
Lars Boergeling
one or two of jacob paulis vault have been phenominal technically.
Gregg duplantis was fantastic.
paul burgess
isanbeyeva
brad walker


simon arkell?
tim longlinger?


i think this is a fantastic topic. Can anyone on here put together a list of say all the vaulters in history to have ever cleared 18ft or 18'6 as a qualifying standards and then We can try and make a poll on this site to have Us as a community Vote for who we think are the top ten vaulters technically of all time!?

[VaultPurple]

These are all athletes i feel absolutely need consideration for this subject. in no particular order

Tim McMichael
sergei Bubka
Steven Hooker
Renaud Lavelliene
Maksim Tarrasov
Lars Boergeling
one or two of jacob paulis vault have been phenominal technically.
Gregg duplantis was fantastic.
paul burgess
isanbeyeva
brad walker


simon arkell?
tim longlinger?


i think this is a fantastic topic. Can anyone on here put together a list of say all the vaulters in history to have ever cleared 18ft or 18'6 as a qualifying standards and then We can try and make a poll on this site to have Us as a community Vote for who we think are the top ten vaulters technically of all time!?

The simple answer is no. The IAAF website list 80 male pole vaulters over 5.81m (~19ft). And once you get under 19 the number of vaulters increases exponentially. Here is the list of the top 80 if you want to look at it though.

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists ... etail.html