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Did pole vaulting come easy to you. For me its a no. I have to work very hard to achieve very little results. With some people they don't even know what the sport is called and they can jump 9'6" after only a week of practice. It just bugs me when they don't have to work hard and they go higher than me.

Heavens no. Ask VTechvaulter... I think I was given about as much natural talent as was in LoJo's little toe.
Most of where I am has come from hard work and a focus on technique, because I was not blessed with speed, size or explosiveness. I am proud of what I have done with what I am given.
However, that is not to say I am satisfied. I have a bunch more left in the tank and am ready to shift to a higher gear any day here...

i actually taught myself but when i was younger i was enrolled in gymnastic classes, and plus i have to work hard to achieve greater heights so i think it is a little bit of both

I spent a few years on polevault until I got what I thought was a deccent height. (11'6")

First year I pole vaulted I made 7'3"
Two years later made 10' once all seaon (Freshman High School)
Ended up with 5m at Conference Senior year...
5.10 PR Soph. Year of College...

Had to work for every centimeter of it and still trying to rise to higher heights...

Zachmo

well it is hard for me to answer this one cause within 3-4 weeks of starting PV i jumped 12' my sophmore year in HS (didnt jump freshman year) and since then i have had a hard time jumping alot higher then that and i am now in my first year of college. so it came eaisly but i did work alot harder then most then and now so hopefully it will come back to me and i will jumpe well again

my first full season of vaulting i cleared 12'... i guess that's the norm for natural ability lol. my indoor season fr. year of college i cleared 12'11.5".

I once had a guy go out for track his senior year in HS,he had never competed in any organized sport in his life. 4 weeks and about 8 practices after his first session he jumped 13'. I consider him a true PV Freak of Nature.

There was a kid from a local high school, who jumped 11' the first season he vaulted. People thought he would be the greatest vaulter by the time he was a Senior. 4 Years later his PR was 11' 9''. One of my good friends jumped around 8' his first season worked his butt off and is now jumping 14 9 in college and running 49s in the 400. Its all about how much effort you put into it.

certainly did not come easy to me. took me like 3 years to get my feet above my head

I started in 7th grade with 6 other guys, and I was clearly the worst, but I loved it and kept working and things started to click, at the end of the next year I was doing something resembling a vault, which I have kept doing since.....

Carolina21 wrote:I started in 7th grade with 6 other guys, and I was clearly the worst, but I loved it and kept working and things started to click, at the end of the next year I was doing something resembling a vault, which I have kept doing since.....

yeah but you were a gymnast.. thats CHEATING!! haha

heard you were looking good yesterday by the way! wish i could have been there