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A pop-up is a basic warm-up version of polevaulting. It's very minaturized. Anyway, you've probably done a bunch of them without knowing the terminology. It's done by going through the motions of a vault without holding very high. Generally the vaulter doesn't have a specified step when doing this. ...

Awww man, my mom is so cool. Yeah she came up to our conference meet this weekend, and of course it was rainy and cold. Ehh whatever, it's like that every year. Nothing new. But anyways, I'm not retiring, but I only have two more collegiate meets possible. I have another year of school, so I'm gonna...

nice jump Brian. Now if we could just get you to hold high enough to bend a pole. What would that be... like 17'6'' or 18'. All you would need is like a 2 and a half foot push-off and you'd get 20 feet. Just kidding. But seriously, nice jump. You should be knockin on 5.60.

congrats superman. You probably just hold off on the flying part because you don't want us to catch on. Well I know better.

Holy Crap! That crowd is amazing. I need a clap like that one.

Of the 53 6.00m jumps ever recorded during outdoor campaigns:

Bubka- 28
Tarasov- 6
Hartwig- 5
Brits- 3
Gataullin- 3
Lobinger- 2
Mack- 1
Stevenson- 1
Burgess- 1
Trandenkov- 1
Markov- 1

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but if they have then consider this a refresher.

Ok fine... 6.10m... whatever. I'm sure everybody understands that only one man has done it so far. You are right about the technique part. We all could use some work there.

I'm surprised he hasn't already done it.

Bad luck sucks, but usually it gives up on you sometimes. That's what you call probability.

In a free take off a straight bottom arm wouldnt be doing any jamming just helping the vualter stay behind the pole. Yes it will bend slightly, but should be started straight. Atleast, that is what I have been able to see so far I agree tat a straight arm at the plant does not mean "jamming the arm...

Nice constructive post, thanks.

Are the bar progressions already set??