too soft

[tomiska]

Does anyone know how could I get more agressive? Without doping of course! I heard that tyrosine should do the trick. Has anyone tried it?
Does it work?

[powerplant42]

Try getting into a life crisis. That should make you aggressive!

Nah, maybe just try focusing harder and telling yourself how aggressive you'll be in your next jump. I would stay away from medecine...

[Sean/vaulter/naeS]

I use some energy drinks and then mentally psych your self up by listening to music and having teammates yell at you and piss you off.

[powerplant42]

Don't get crazy with the energy drinks... definitely not during a meet. Music works though.

[Ribeiro92]

Try thinking about jumping over the pit...through the pit when you are about to vault. That always helps me get good penetration and keep my vault aggressive.

[VaultPurple]

Break out some german or russian rock music... make u wanna rip someones head off!

[powerplant42]

Or some Norwegian death metal... those guys are for real...

[Lax PV]

friend of mine used to coax himself into believing that the jump he was about to take, was the last jump he would ever take. seemed to work for him. i mean really, who wants to have a crappy jump to remember for the rest of your life?

[powerplant42]

That could be additional pressure, but hey, whatever works... What I've adopted is a before jump routine off the runway where I do a set number of different types of visualizations of my vault and Bubka's 6.4 vault, then when I start to come back to the real world, I tell myself that I WILL jump like that, I WILL be perfect, I WILL clear that bar or whatever I want to have in my head. Routine is generally a HUGE part of focus during/right before your jump, so pumping yourself up in an identical manner each time is just as important as actually doing it.

[IAmTheWalrus]

Pantera - "Walk"

I feel like I can run through a brick wall when I listen to that song. But really, I find that fast paced music, some quick sprints, and using just feeding off your team mates and vice versa. If you are yelling and screaming for a team mate, and then he does the same for you (encouragingly of course) it really helps get you excited and focused. Just don't forget to have fun. I always vault best when I'm smiling

[Adam00]

I have to agree with everyone else listening to certain songs will improve your agressiveness , also Im a very laidback person also but when I vault I become very aggresive because I have a big rivalry with another vaulter so maybe you could pick someone at or way above your level and I know this might sound bad but aim to crush them, however do not get cought up in it, make sure your also vaulting to do your best and have fun