Just to clarify this I would like to point out that none of the clips were specially selected. All were taken between 2000 and 2004 simply because prior to that I had no one to film for me - as any serious coach knows it is impossible to coach and film during comptetition. So the first clip showed Patrick Jesser clearing a PR of 5.40m/17'8? in our Olympic trials, the second - Tom Lovell clearing an equal PR 5.00m/16'5 in a World Junior trial, the third - his twin brother Chris failing at a PR height of 5.10m/16'9"? in the same comp. Had he gone clear, Chris rather than Steve Hooker would have gone to the World Juniors in Santiago. So all three boys were filmed in 2000 at their best heights in legitimate competitions.
Similarly 15 year old Jamie Scroop was shown at her opening height of 3.35 and then clearing a PR 3.80/12'4" at the 2003 World Youths in Sherbrooke , Canada where she finished 7th. 15 year old Jana Tancosic was shown clearing a PR of 3.85M/12'8" in winning the 2002 Australian Under 16 Title, Lauren Eley was shown also clearing a PR 3.85 when winning the 2001 Australian Schools Under 18 title and Wendy Young was shown clearing PRs of 4.20m in an interclub meet and then 4.40m/14'5"?? in the Adelaide Grand Prix the following week in 2004. Hardly an indication that I had to search long and hard to find evidence that supported my belief that young athletes can indeed master elements of the Petrov/ Bubka model, and so generate the pole speed needed to clear reasonable heights.
