What all is wrong in this pic?

[goose]

What all is wrong in this pic? This is me jumping 11'6 on my 13'6 160lb pole. http://hspolevaulter.freeservers.com/13.jpg

[vaultin chris]

#1- hips should be above the head (or at least the bottom hand)
#2- at this point (with the pole unbending) u should be lined up. That means ur hips should be as close to ur top hand as possible.
#3 it is hard to get in the inverted postion before the pole begins unbending if u dont stay down and pentrate, keeping the trail leg back. Since this is a pic i dont know if u did that but by looking at this pic i dont think u did.

i'll stop there there and let others chime in on this one.

[goose]

thanks for your info... thats all i have been working on this season is getting my hips up..

[advath]

Too much "Rowing".
I hate that word when applied to the pole vault.
See: http://www.advantageathletics.com/polevault/row.html
*Your top hand is above or in front of your shoulders before your shins reach your top hand.
*Your hips should be above the line of your shoulders at that point too.
*You need to develop the pole vault specific strength to get inverted before your top hand gets above your shoulders.
How to fix this problem...Start doing the rockback strength drills in http://www.advantageathletics.com/polev ... kback.html