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well dont get him pushing that bottom arm out to much that will end up blocking out later invert. hmm if he runs faster in meets with spikes i cant see how his mark is usually on? if hes not taking off in the right way it can hender alot of bending in the pole..... i find if my mark is off more than...

Are you doing a run back every meet or are you using the same measured mark everytime?

whoa ya i think he needs to be practicing with what he wears in a meet... For me spikes and running shoes are a huge diffrence.... i especially feel the weight diffrence when im going into my invert... it may sound stupid but a few ounces and the way the shoe is built makes a diffrence... well atlea...

well guys.... i went to the meet today and uh ya didnt to to well BUT better haha..... i landed in the pit WOW!!!!! only cleared 12' thats only 2 1/2 under my pr:P lol i think i just need to gain a lil more confidence with this pole and ill be fine but thx for the input;)

well i try to let my momentum carry into the box and thus bend the pole for me..... the bend does not come until im am off the ground.... so i dont know if that is still considered the syndrome...

well its been 2 years since i vaulted, which im sure wont help this problem... anyway ive recently started vaulting for my college, and once again there is no vaulting coach.. I have never had a coach ive just gone off of videos and experiences.... my PR as of my senior year is 14'6" on a 14'7" ucs ...

would holding to wide affect anything at the top....like would it cause flagging out?

your letting your mind play into it to much....... just relax and vault like you know how.....dont think about marks or anything elsxe besides vaulting......in the past ive had alot of problems with the same thing mid-season i just start having my steps be off and other annoying problems.....ive jus...

ah hit 14' great job man!!!! im lookin to hopefully hit 15' or higher tomorrow i changed alot of things in my swing this past week and got up to clearing 14'6" in practice which for me is unheard of....... i usually have trobkle clearing 13'6" in practice... by the way i added u to my msn buddy list...

Did you make it?

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no where did i say my p0lant was perfect...........hell i wish it was, but its not.......im just saying i dont think it has anything to do with the plant at this point i could be wrong but i never did say i had a perfect plant.....im jumping 14'6 and setting standards at 23