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Big delay after take off, especially for such a low grip and short run. You are over exaggerating holding the trail leg back which delays the inversion. Good luck!

You really aren't bending your trail leg all that much and in my opinion isn't your biggest problem at the moment. I do see that you are very rigid with your left(bottom) arm which does not allow you to drive your chest up and through the takeoff. The following image is more what you want to aim fo...

whats the job of the top hand then if its not supposed to push? What do you mean the job of the top hand? I would say the job of the top hand is to grip and hang on to the pole. I just cant seem to figure out how to push the pole upwards while im upside down. If you are inverted why would you push ...

I seem to have a problem pushing the pole once i start swinging up. I just cant seem to figure out how to push the pole upwards while im upside down. Also, what is my bottom hand suppose to do the entire time? Read everything posted on this website from Agapit and you will find the answer. Spoiler....

NC and SC start in high school. Junior High students allowed to come up an compete at the high school they will attend in any sport not offered in JH. SC DOES NOT HAVE INDOOR TRACK EITHER !!!!!!! BIG DISADVANTAGE FOR YOUNG VAULTERS TRYING TO GET TO COLLEGE TO VAULT> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NC does not all...

It appears that NCAA vaulters ( both Male and Female) are being coached to use long, light poles with lower hand grip. We have seen so Many videos of the latest NCAA jumpers that show so many vaulters with a grip 1foot or more below the pole sticker and the poles appear pretty soft. Are coaches cre...

Hawaii does starting in 8th grade for the girls and I think 7th for the boys.

UNC Chapel Hill (in Chapel Hill) is very good and has a full time coach Duke (in Durham) very good especially on the women's side and has a full time coach East Carolina (in Greenville) is good and improving rapidly and has a full time coach Appalachian State (in Boone) has been solid for years and ...

If you try to drive the chest or do anything that the 6.40 model talks about everything gets screwed up There is nothing in the 6.40 model that advocates driving the chest. Just the opposite actually, just like stiff poling-no hang or drive. This is all from my experimentation I have no scientific ...

The 6.40 model is not exactly the petrov model. Most elements are the same but some are not. Petrov wrote......... Recommendations for the take-off phase: g 2. Before the take-off leg contacts the ground the vaulter needs to create a maximum space between him and the pole. dj This would be the same ...

i think i need more advanced pole vaulting people to talk to Gypsy now that you are banned from the forum I reckon you can seek the true great minds of PV. I am not sure what your problem is with Alan (jealousy I suppose) but you can leave it out of this thread (my thread). We don't know who you ar...

Ok gypsy I started this thread a while back to see what people thought the bottom arm is supposed to do. I really wanted to see what people thought and why. As in why does it push? Or why does it do nothing? I have let this thread run its course and as many threads on the site do it has turned sour....