pole bend
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:56 pm
Recently I have been blasting through my vaulting until I hit 9' feet. Yes, I have cleared 9' feet before but now I am suddenly stuck. I do have many things to work on but overall I have a powerful run up and decent technique. I have yet to do a proper turn over yet, which was what I thought my problem was for clearing over 9' feet. What happens is I go into my rock back then I shoot out at the bar going over it with my hip. My rock back is also a little rushed, that doesn't help either. Usually my hip hits the crossbar while I’m parallel with it knocking it down. A coach kept telling me that I was doing this because I have no turn over going for me. But as I was vaulting today at a meet a private coach approached me numerous times giving me tips. After I was finished he told me what my problem was. He stated that my pole is way to light for me. The only reason it's bending is because of the pressure of my weight on it. And I am over bending the pole far too much thus the reason I am getting no pop at the end and its very hard for me to turn over. This in return is sending me shooting out into the cross bar. He then told me I need to move up a weight or I will never clear. Because if I use a heavier pole the stiffness will allow me to jump higher. He continued to tell me my pole should pretty much only be a warm up pole for me and that it is terrible for my level at the moment. I want to know if this is true? I have a meet coming up this Friday and I would love to clear 9'! Only problem is we recently put our mats away so I can't test out if his statement is true. Ill I can do is lift and do pole run-ups/plants in a sliding plant box. The other issue is currently I’m vaulting on a lady rocket 110 11' the only other poles we have 11' are pacer mystic 110 11' and pacer mystic 130'. Should I use the 130 in my upcoming meet even though ill have no practice on it? I have used it before and I cleared 7'6 on it. Or is what the coach told me not true and I should just continue using the lady rocket 110? Id really appreciate some help, thanks!
Heres a link to one of my attempts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh18By-JdE
Heres a link to one of my attempts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh18By-JdE