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hello. this is a vid of my final meet for the season. I progress from 10'6" to 12'6 with my only misses at 12'6. I felt like my trail leg was a less straight than usual and I wasn't getting close enough to the pole. Any suggestions? Thanks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Io1Htbx4A

Info
Age: 15
Grade: 10
How long you have been jumping: 2 years
weight: 118
height: 5'5
pole: 13' 150
How high you are gripping: three to six inches from the top

haha i like the polethrough!!!!

But um, your trail leg is bent, you lose alot of power that way. you can get on lot of bigger poles with your speed, if you just keep your trail leg strait. and when you invert, you let your legs flag out, you lose alot of hight that way

thanks for the critique. do you know any drills that might help me with this?

Most good swing drills are done on a high bar. Also, I noticed that your pole is loaded a lot before you take off... Don't block with your bottom arm. That's the reason you stalled on that one vault. Keep it flexed out slightly, and make sure you aren't under on your step.