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thanks alot, i'm feeling a little better about the whole issue today. I will be vaulting in college, so its not like all is lost. I go in to get it checked out tomorrow with one of the best sports medicine doctors in the area (the one i should have gone to the first time). I'm gonna try to get it he...

I dont really expect any replies to this, but i need to vent my anger somewhere. Ya see, this is how it went down... A few months back, during wrestling season, I suffered a severe separation in my AC joint (where the collar bone and shoulder come together). :mad: So then I was all p.o.ed and I let ...

when you're just beginning, the major points are run as fast as you can under control, plant early and high, and jump up as hard as you can. Once you can get that down, then you have to move to stuff like working on your drive knee and your trail leg

speed work is always good for beginners, so anything in that area will help. If you have access to a high bar there are several good drills that you can do there as well, otherwise, core strength is also key

Like Rhino said, stick with the smaller pole for a little while, on shorter runs. Then, when you are blowing through it on your short runs, move up to the bigger pole, but start at the same grip, if not a little lower, that you were holding on the small pole. And just remeber, wutever you do, dont m...

a little more info about yourself would be helpful, but to start off, there is no reasons that you CANT hold that high, but there are a couple of reasons that you shouldnt NEED to hold that high for that hieght. first off, if a vaulter moves up on a pole before they are ready, their form tends to su...

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First of all, thanks again to all who responed to my first post. http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12083 It's only been a week, but i've been bustin my u kno wut to get my jump in order for the state meet, so here I have a vault from a meet thursday may 17 http://www.youtube.com/wa...

Thanks alot, that is exactly the kind of post that i like to see, not only telling me WHAT i'm doing wrong, but HOW to fix it. once again thanks a million, that should help alot

every little piece of information helps

thanks for the feed back everybody, i'll try to work on being a little more patient with the pull to allow myself to drop my shoulders

I've been vaulting for six years now, and i've seen many different widths for grips over that time. Some people grip as wide as their entire arm or wider and some grip less than the length of their forearm. I've tried everything and pretty much found a grip that i like, but i'm just curious if there...