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I agree with DJ, Altius, Bob, how much improvement from HS to College is a good indicator along with continuity in the program. So what is good improvement? Two feet? 3 feet? Of course tougher the higher the bar goes. 16 HS to 18 University? It takes around 5.60 to win NCAA, so that is generally wer...

Thanks Bubba, you are too kind. I can't say enough about the great group of kids who I was lucky enought to work with at UT. Now they are sending their kids to work with Tim. Time flies when your having fun.
Hope we cross paths again soon,
Thanks again,
B

Alan, Dave, and any other interested parties: Since this is a technique forum- Before I leave for dinner, I thought I would get the ball rolling by by giving a response to my own query. (Talking to yourself is a sign of old age maybe.) In my best Aussie tone I would say something like, "Mack is...

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To keep the discussion going I would suggest that one of the reasons that Tim gripped relatively low was that his technique -not his lack of speed - limited his ability to ...

According to the criteria of this article, using 5.70m as a limiting factor, the IAAF results list for 2006 shows 7 from the U.S.A. (7>5 I think) But I like to see the home town paper pumping up the local German guys. (Don't always believe what you read) Kudos to the German and Aussies for fine nati...

I read the article last month and was rather put off by Mr. Suhr's comments (example: "I feel that American vaulting overall is going in the wrong direction"....). This statement was generalized, innacurate and negative in tone. Most of the concepts discussed in the article have been studied for dec...