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So my season has began about a couple weeks ago and im starting to get back to my full run approach ( 7 steps ). As of now im on a 14ft 170lb Spirit with a flex of 16.4. We have another older 14ft 170 Pacer carbon (16.8 Flex) and a older 14 6ft Skypole Carbon 160lbs. As of now im using the SKypole and Spirit but eventually i will be moving up poles. The only two poles after that would be our 15ft 165 lb essx (19.4 flex i believe) and a brand new 14ft 175lb Pacer Fx (15.5).

MY question is, which pole would be the best choice to move up to when i am starting to blow through the other ones. I just dont want to be stuck when the time comes and make the wrong decision.
By the way i am a Junior, around 5 10' and 158 lbs.
thanks

Depends on how high you are holding and if you are getting too much penetration or too much pole bend or both.

I'm going through the same thing with one of my athletes right now. You should go from the 14' 170 to the 14' 175. Then after that you have a gap in poles before the 15' 165. Really you need a mid 20s flex 15' after the 14' 175. or a 14'6" 170 to help with the transition.

well im holding as high as i can on the spirit (13'6) and around 13 10" on the sky pole. i know theres a pretty big gap but we dont really have the money to fill that gap because weve already bough 4 poles this year.

as of now im not penetrating deep at all but i figured once i am able to use the 14 175 from 7 penetrating deep and the 14 170's from a 6 step, i will be able to use the 15 165 from 7 steps.
does that sound like a good idea?