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Should never need to 'fix this' if the pole is carried and planted properly. However I am on the road in England at the moment so don't have time to do more that refer you to 'The plant for ambitious young athletes' in BTB. When I get settled I will add some more as it has become increasingly obviou...

If you say you have those specific uses for it old son I will take your word for it. I think you should expand your rationale here because I believe that the one arm drill is often used by coaches without any understanding of either its value or its limitations. They just use it because it looks dif...

Absolutely MORRY -with apologies = never could get used to American names! Standards in the Commonwealth are very poor at the moment - not sure if they will get better any time soon. The Brits are the most disappointing, for with the levels of support they have, indoor facilities all over the place ...

Indeed you should! Lets have some support for the idea.

The term 'lead up drill' implies that the drill will lead the athlete towards good technique. Unfortunately it is much abused and many of the drills suggested, such as the rock back drill and the one arm drill lead nowhere - in fact their use is often counter productive. The key with any drill is - ...

In your dreams Morrie - the USA left the British Empire in the late 18th Century so Jeff would not have been eligible to compete in these games which is for countries that were formerly members of that Empire. Of course you could always try to rejoin.

In all of the debate about which is the best model of vaulting - or even whether there is one best model - I can only restate that the Petrov model is probably/arguably the easiest to introduce to young athletes. So all of our athletes in Adelaide are following this model with some success -at least...

Thanks - I will pass your kind remarks on to him.

Sorry George -I have run out of checks!

Boy - you really know your stuff Tim - I like it!

A great clinic at Saugatuck - a beautiful spot. Great kids who worked really hard for three days and the following coaches attended - Doug Clark - Sturgis High School -amazing to meet a guy who had read my first ever paper on the vault "The Russian revolution in the pole vault" that was pu...

Another great clinic at Saugatuck - a beautiful spot. Great kids who worked really hard for three days and the following coaches attended - Doug Clark - Sturgis High School -amazing to meet a guy who had read my first ever paper on the vault "The Russian revolution in the pole vault" that ...