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Thanks for the feedback! Just to clarify, you are saying that my most significant hindrance is my bottom arm? Because I push it outward and attempt to lock it out after I plant, preventing me from completing my swing, therefore not allowing me to invert properly. I know that, when pole vaulting, eve...

I am a 17 year old vaulter in the 12th grade in Louisiana. I am 5'9 and 150 lbs. I am a left handed vaulter. This is my 3rd year vaulting (doesn't show in my technique :o ). I've been trying to train myself along with a few other vaulters from my school since my coach doesn't particularly know much ...

altius wrote:I suggest that you spend more time actually learning to vault by doing the right drills than simply jumping over a bar. If you cannot access good advice when you train - do not vault! Oh -and at 150 pounds you should not be jumping on a 13'/140 b pole!

What drills do you suggest?

Would anyone please help me tell me my problem. I have been training myself by learning from other vaulters, one camp, and mostly the internet but I haven't improved in several weeks. I am a junior in highschool and this is my second year vaulting. I weigh 150 and am jumping on a 13' 140 pole. First...