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Robert schmitt · Unread postby **Robert schmitt** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:37 pm

work and coaching

VTechVaulter · Unread postby **VTechVaulter** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:13 am

i dont really have any issues staying focused. the only real time i get frustrated is when half our team changes what session they want to vault in at the last minute without telling anyone and we end up with 9 people on the damn runway. so we get about one vault every 15 minutes and not enough feedback.

Peepers PV · Unread postby **Peepers PV** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:47 pm

practicing with people who are not focused and slow down workouts because of that

keeping multiple coaches with multiple visions of what you should end up accomplishing on the same page. it isn't always possible, and the end result is usually LOTS of drama.

teachers whose main lesson to you is that you're SOL if you have a meet during school hours

and
friends who don't understand why you can't skip practice on fridays

skyin' pimp · Unread postby **skyin' pimp** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:04 pm

i hate that clap also.. just burns me up

Scott Go Pre · Unread postby **Scott Go Pre** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:33 pm

My biggest distraction is a coach who is telling me to something that doesn't make sense during competition and having a coach that doesn't believe that i can jump more than s/he thinks!

The clap can be fun if you know how to "zone" everything out expect the vault, but it can also hurt if you are on your third attempt and going for a PR. :yes:

Skyin' Brian · Unread postby **Skyin' Brian** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:08 pm

"aviod the clap -- Jimmy Dougan"

"Hey, thats good advice!" name the movie

never been a big fan of the clap myself but dont mind clapping at all if someone calls for it.
for some reason clapping seems like something more common to long jumper types than vaulters. supposedly it is more popular among athletes in europe. anyone know if this is true?

Unread postby **ashcraftpv** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:59 pm

clapping is fine if you are jumping at a high bar for a PR or something. It annoys the hell out of me when peoeple do it on every single jump. I had a buddy who knew that I hated it and started it up right before I was getting ready t o take a jump. I dropped my pole, walked off the runway and got a time foul on that attempt.

Peepers PV · Unread postby **Peepers PV** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:53 pm

ashcraftpv wrote:I had a buddy who knew that I hated it and started it up right before I was getting ready t o take a jump. I dropped my pole, walked off the runway and got a time foul on that attempt.

That's a pretty strong aversion to the clap lol

ILLINIPV · Unread postby **ILLINIPV** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:29 pm

PV WEBSITES/FORUMS

i'd rather be training/outside right now rather than rapping about pv and sitting behind this computer, sorry...

Skyin' Brian · Unread postby **Skyin' Brian** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:41 pm

ILLINIPV wrote:PV WEBSITES/FORUMS

i'd rather be training/outside right now rather than rapping about pv and sitting behind this computer, sorry...

good point. of course websites and such tend to be more of a homework distraction for me than a vaulting distraction.

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:37 pm

You can only train so many hours a day. I don't think too many people are on here instead of training. I'd be willing to bet that being plugged into the pole vault community has inspired a lot of people to work harder

SlickVT · Unread postby **SlickVT** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:03 am

Whats so bad about the clap?
Its the crowd gettin behind ya.
Soak it up and just vault. If you are at a height where people are clappin for ya, you should be in a good enough zone to thrive off the rhythm, not whine about it.

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