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The drive on bottom is pretty incredible and he absolutely smoked that bar hangin somewhere in the midst of 17'. It reminds me a lot of the video that you posted at one point of Buckingham where just as you think there's no way he's gonna make the bar, he just blows right over. Just because the lef...

I mean, should the vaulter contract the muscles for inversion right at the instant of takeoff to get the COG up after the swing. Should the swing even be thought about, or should someone concentrate on what happens after the chord of the pole is reached because the swing to the chord is automatic, a...

So, the natural swing ends at the pole, and the inversion (the firing of the muscles... pics, hip flexor, etc.) begins at the pole. If we attempt to begin the inversion and fire the pecs and hip flexor right at the instant of takeoff (assuming we had a free takeoff), would this give the continuous s...

you should definetely come to Boone!

I thought lawrence johnson attempted to use the petrov model

Altius, you know your stuff. I agree on almost all of it. I would only say that intimidating, or attempting to intimidate, young vaulters will not help them jump higher. Spread your knowledge, and i will always listen. But bringing vaulters to tears or putting them down, as your reputation holds, i...

sorry, that wasn't very well worded. I meant to say that the success of the athletes was due to them incorporating the Petrov model from the start.

I am Petrov Model all the way...just to clarify

do you think that if Vicky and Elizabeth hadn't began with a free takeoff and the Petrov Model that they would have cleared higher?

lindsay taylor is faster and stronger than a lot of guys. I believe she jumped 14'6" in 1 year of training. If she would have started earler and had the right coaching and model she could have jumped way up there.

It is possible, it is just going to take a while to find the perfect person. A few high school guys have gone over 18 feet. I know that there are girls as fast or faster than those guys. If a girl can come and be that fast, be able to long jump well, have a little gymnastics work, and have the right...

Vaulting with a fiberglass pole is the same thing as vaulting with a straight pole. When straight poling you definetely don't push on the pole, that won't get you anywhere. Is the hand grip height difference between a full vault and a one armed vault greater on a flexible pole and a straight pole?

It is to my understanding that the left arm is just used to stabilize the vaulter. I have also heard that it is used to prevent the vaulter from getting sucked under in their takeoff and to keep the vaulter in the correct position behind the pole bend so that a powerful swing can be initiated. It is...