bending

[JungJoven]

To people concerning Redneck,

maybe his grip is at 13'9" but it slides down like 2 feet allowing him to stiff pole.

[vault3rb0y]

I thought there was something fishy about that....

[BadMotherVaulter]

yeah... thats how i learned to bend... by just crushing the pole with my bottom arm.

it took me 4 years to break that habit and actually "vault"

[AR01]

Yeah, I also was told to just lock out my bottom arm and the pole will bend. Unfortunately, that killed my form for the longest time and it was for months that i was able to correct it.

[AeroVault]

It sounds like a lot of people (including myself) wanted to bend the pole so badly that we developed poor habits. It took me months to switch from a locked arm to the slightly bent one that allowed me to swing.

Anybody know someone who bent the pole on their first try? I can name one...