What did everyone learn from and think of Alan Launder?

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv-xSPODTeg

The critics weigh in!

[Bruce Caldwell]

Once you got past his Aussie humor grin
He was full of knowledge and very likable. I Wish he had more time to talk to me as he was always rushed.
I see him full of passion to help anyone who will be willing to put into works what he has to offer.Bruce

[ashcraftpv]

"He made two girls cry"

lol

[souleman]

What? He made 2 vaulters cry? There's no cryin' in pole vaulting!.......
(or was that baseball?) Later....Mike

[KYSEAMAN]

Thank Aussie is the man! His book and video helped me more than any coach has in understanding what and why you do everything.

[baggettpv]

Yeah, both WSTC girls and one finally is getting all over it...Her attitude and work ethic has changed totally for the better. No telling what she can do now!!! And she brought her own tissue the next day! The other girl crys when her pole bends...argggg..
Allans coming back in June so start getting prepared to come to Portland. I have all the tools in the Building for Allan to teach you everything he knows.

Rick Baggett
WSTC LLC

[vault3rb0y]

Crying is good if you have to get it out of your system, just get it out, come back strong, and dont let it happen again!! Sometime i get REALLY frustrated at practice, and i dont really but i get so mad that when i get back on the runway i hit the best take off all day. then im all better!! lol

[sghetti]

i heart alan launder!

[swtvault]

We had the oppurtunity to have Alan run off a small camp for us, and I have to say it was probably the most valuable two days I have ever had. His approach to the pole vault is incredibly simple, and it all correlates into actual pole vaulting. In other words, you are not doing drills for the sake of doing drills. Each exercise has a purpose and eventually carries over to the full movement. Two thumbs up for Alan Launder.

[vaultman18]

We had the oppurtunity to have Alan run off a small camp for us, and I have to say it was probably the most valuable two days I have ever had. His approach to the pole vault is incredibly simple, and it all correlates into actual pole vaulting. In other words, you are not doing drills for the sake of doing drills. Each exercise has a purpose and eventually carries over to the full movement. Two thumbs up for Alan Launder.

Same experience here in Boone NC. He is a great man and coach.

[un poco loca saltar]

I never quite understood what everyone meant when they said 'get your plant up sooner!' I always thought that that meant i was lowering it to slow... but then Alan taught us this drill he used on Isinbayeva where u do the last six step on your approach but pause on the fifth one to check where your hands are and THEN it hit me what they meant.

I found that everyone can be a 'horrible beast' and that he absolutely hates when people smirk at an 'example' and that if you say any thing at all that makes a small joke of what he says you are all of a sudden 'flippant'.

HAHA! best two days of a vault camp of my life. I wish we had had more time....

[HHSPVCoach]

Hey, is that our favorite decathlete???

Coach Phil