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Hi everyone, It's a new year and I've got a new video of a decent jump in practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCw6uWBckzM First of all I apologize for the poor video quality. A big difference I see between me and people who are actually good at pole vault is the re-extending of the bottom arm ...

Sorry for the delay, What Kirk told me about my grip alignment actually worked. I haven't had the pole bend back towards the runway since that day and I've been landing safely into the pit. I'll definitely take you up on your offer for advice though! I'll post more videos when I start practicing aga...

you should feel a weird twist when the pole begins to bend. Do you?

Hmm.. I don't recall such a feeling. Looks like you've solved my problem then. I'm definitely going to try the tape thing to get my grip aligned consistently. What you said here makes perfect sense. Thanks a bunch!

Thanks for the advice! I agree that sometimes I don't line the natural bend of the pole exactly straight forward, but I'm not able to even swing when that happens. In these videos I'm pretty sure I line the pole up straight because it was bending straight forward on take-off. It's just when I start ...

I am currently a senior in college and have never had this problem before. Every time I had vault practice this year my pole would begin to rotate to the left after takeoff (I'm right handed) and keep rotating as I start to swing. It would get to the point where the bent side of the pole is rotated ...