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Meet from last week. My PR is 13' but I only managed to get 12'6", I was really hoping to PR at 13'6" again this meet. For some reason, on some days I can get on the 14' 160 UCS pole gripping about 6 inches down but this day I just kept on getting no penetration so I had to use a 14' 155 UCS pole gripping 6 inches down and I blew through it with my standards all the way back on my last attempt at 13'. All jumps are from a 6 left approach from 74'10". I am planning on moving my approach back to a 7 left approach in order to try to get more pole speed and penetration with the 14' 160 pole. Thoughts on this?

11'6": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcIwlGZ6 ... e=youtu.be

12': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUBtWlZi ... e=youtu.be

12'6": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pdzkKa1 ... e=youtu.be

13': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMErx32w ... e=youtu.be

13' (blow through): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn84aa25 ... e=youtu.be

What should I work on this week? I have the West Coast Relays coming up this Saturday, and I have a vaulting day tomorrow and another one on Thursday before the meet. Again, I'm planning on moving my approach back to 7 lefts and try to get more speed on the 14' 160 pole. And any tips on getting more penetration from bigger poles in general?

Thanks.

First thing that I noticed was your take-off.

I noticed that you're swinging right off the ground instead of holding that "Inverted C" position at take-off.

This may be caused by being under. If you're under, your hips get sucked in at take-off making it even more difficult to hold the "C" position I mentioned earlier.

So in general, I would work on getting those last few steps down underneath you, and take-off nice and tall without swinging too early.

I'm not a coach but what I do know is when you get closer to the box you need to have a quicker turn over. What helps me is putting a marker about 20 to 30 feet from the pit on the side of the run way which is to remind me to speed up so i can get enough penetration but remember to jump and stay the above the vault so you can get high.