Pole Transition

[Vaultingman]

You need to vault with 12ft 130Lbs pole then 12ft 135Lbs or 13ft 120Lbs, then move to 13ft 130Lbs onto 13ft 135Lbs all holding at the top of pole.
The difference in pole size is too great a step for you, changing poles should only happen when the old pole is soft and stops giving something back.
Try jumping into a sand pit using the old pole off six or eight strides pushing to the back of the pit and see how high you can hold before stalling out.
This drill encourages high top arm action and strong jumping from the ground.
My vaulters get good results using short stiff poles ( greater than body weight)before moving onto longer soft poles

[rainbowgirl28]

You need to vault with 12ft 130Lbs pole then 12ft 135Lbs or 13ft 120Lbs, then move to 13ft 130Lbs onto 13ft 135Lbs all holding at the top of pole.
The difference in pole size is too great a step for you, changing poles should only happen when the old pole is soft and stops giving something back.
Try jumping into a sand pit using the old pole off six or eight strides pushing to the back of the pit and see how high you can hold before stalling out.
This drill encourages high top arm action and strong jumping from the ground.
My vaulters get good results using short stiff poles ( greater than body weight)before moving onto longer soft poles

When you go from the 12' pole to the 13' pole, don't hold the top of the 13' pole right away! Raising your grip a foot is never a good idea. Move your grip straight across then go up maybe a fist max. If you have good penetration on that jump then keep working it up a few inches at a time.

[Vaultingman]

Yes sorry forgot that bit about moving same hand grip across then move up small amounts. That is why going greater poundage first ,then move across at the same hand grip to new longer pole.
The other way would be to use a raised runway to get used to the way the pole feels but when you do away with the raised run up not sure what would happen unless a decrease in hand grip would work!

[ramenvaulter]

Thanks for the advice guys.
Right now my coach has me on a 13ft4in "training pole" at 140.
Will that help me transition into the 14ft 130lb Spirit?

[powerplant42]

Yes. Once you can comfortably grip at the top of that, you should be able to easily get on the 14' 130.

[ramenvaulter]

This topic has been dead for awhile and I would like to bring it back because i have new circumstances.
I recently found a 150lb Pacer 13ft in our shed and I was curious if that would be a better pole to use to transition from my 13ft 125lb spirit to my 14ft 130lb spirit?

[rainbowgirl28]

This topic has been dead for awhile and I would like to bring it back because i have new circumstances.
I recently found a 150lb Pacer 13ft in our shed and I was curious if that would be a better pole to use to transition from my 13ft 125lb spirit to my 14ft 130lb spirit?

Yes, that would probably be better. A 13'150 is roughly the same as a 14'130 if you grip them both at 13', but on the 14' pole you are holding further down into the sail piece, so the 13' pole would probably react better.

It's still a 25lb jump in poles though, so make sure you don't move up until you are ready.