Starting height in meets?

[rainbowgirl28]

What is that progression that Earl has on his chalkboard on the last day of camps in the PR Meet? Anyone remember?

I think it's
-2', -1'6", -1', -6", -2", +1", +3"
but I could be wrong.

[Pole vault noobie]

i Know for my high school they start the jumps at 8ft or 8 1/2

[ec1vaulter]

I use a bit more complex way to determine starting heights, but it seems to have worked out well since I started using it. During practice I determine a range of jumps it takes my vaulters to jump their best heights (usually 9-12) Based on this I have a progression set for each on meet day that we follow... always good to have a game plan. They each have 2 or 3 jumps in warm-up and the goal is to have the best 3 jumps after a slight P.R. jump. This leaves about 6 jumps between. A normal meet would be set up like this:

Warm-up ..... 2
RunThrough ..... 1
4.75 ..... 1
4.85 ..... 1
4.95 ..... 1
5.05 ..... 1
5.15 ..... 1-2
5.25 ..... 3

Assuming that the progression allows for good attempts at each height this will result in 11 or 12 jumps for the day with the determined best jumps for the vaulter coming at the end of the meet. In the example 5.15 would be a P.R. of 2-3cm and 5.25 would be for an exceptional day when you can really jack the bar up. If you don't make a P.R. jump you will be jumping 10 times and still within the 9-12 range for a peak jump.

Obviously this is something that varies from one athlete to another and it takes most of indoor to determine what the BEST range is for an athlete in competition.

[TheBigMastodon]

I come in at 7'6''. I usually get at least 12''. Yeah Its stupid, but we dont have anywhere to practice so I gotta use these indoor meets to practice when I can.