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I weigh about 143lbs 5'9 jumping on a 155lbs 14' pole holding about 13'6 and i jump 13'(my pr) on this day any help, suggestions,tips on what i need to work on would be appreciated.




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You really need to finish your takeoff. You're sitting that pole pretty hard after your plant. Work on getting your take off angle up a little higher and fully extending off your take off. This will bring your angle up and put you in a better position to swing.

A couple of things I noticed was that it doesn't seem like you are rocking back and getting vertical enough. My advice would be to to a couple of kickoffs for a bungee a couple of feet above your pr, and really work on getting totally vertical. Also, work on shooting your hips more. Another thing I noticed is that your hips seem to get sucked right in at takeoff, which is another thing you can work on. Hope this helps! Good luck!

ashcraftpv wrote:You really need to finish your takeoff. You're sitting that pole pretty hard after your plant. Work on getting your take off angle up a little higher and fully extending off your take off. This will bring your angle up and put you in a better position to swing.

so my takeoff angle is too low, how do i go about increasing my angle? where my arms not strait enough? I can see myself now in the video sitting on the pole, what can i do to break myself of this habbit?

try to whip your trail leg to vertical and just have your body follow that action. try on a high bar, start in the take off position, drive knee up, and trail leg back, and see if you can swing up with out using too much muscle. once you get good at that, try to replicate that exact same thing while jumping. keep your hips comming up, and drop your shoulders back. it looks like you watch the bar the whole time, not a good thing. so you need your hips to rise by swinging your trail leg, and letting your shoulders drop/go back, by not watching the bar. when you get with that, just stick close to the pole and make your turn.

good luck. and get some more vids in a little with the improvements.

Thnx guys for the help.

plvltngdude wrote:

ashcraftpv wrote:You really need to finish your takeoff. You're sitting that pole pretty hard after your plant. Work on getting your take off angle up a little higher and fully extending off your take off. This will bring your angle up and put you in a better position to swing.

so my takeoff angle is too low, how do i go about increasing my angle? where my arms not strait enough? I can see myself now in the video sitting on the pole, what can i do to break myself of this habbit?

your arms are fine. you need to fully extend off the ground, sort of like shooting a layup in basketball. You're not really jumping up off the ground at takeoff. If you jump up and finish the take off, you'll increase your angle and put yourself in a much better position to swing.

I'm not a coach, but I can see that your blocking out. If you take a look at your bottom arm, it's straight the whole time a never collapses. This is preventing you from inverting. Try inverting from a short run and slowly moving it back.

I sorta had this proble, where I would focus too much on putting a punch in to the pole at the initial plant, and my arms would block out towards the top when I tried to invert.

you should feel like you're jumping over your handgrip. this should help with your obvious sinking problem and will eventually help you store a whole lot more positive energy in the pole

So is this the right idea on high bar drills??



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plvltngdude wrote:So is this the right idea on high bar drills??



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You're pulling with that top arm! Check out Dub's arms in these videos: http://www.polevaultpower.com/media/vid ... anddrills/

your trail leg is coming through far too slow. the trail leg should really whip through, and you shouldnt have to muscle up to the top of the drill at all. also, don't feel like you need to hold that position. as you swing towards the point where you would be covering the pole, your legs should be extended, and then your shoulders should drop and your hips should move upwards in order to meet your top hand. all of this happens very quickly. watch the vids of dub, hes pretty much the man.