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Branko has helped me out a lot over the past several years, and my understanding is that he follows the 6:40 model coached by Roman (Agapit). Good examples would be Bubka, Lojo, Blankenship, Michelle Favre (DIII record holder), and I think Otto would be close if he wasn't so far inside. Basic premis...

Thanks for the reply. I agree with everything you said. I tend to incorporate a lot more barbell training for my lower body (squats/deadlifts) in the winter because my limited access to good indoor facilities, but if I could do just vaulting, plyos, and sprints whenever I wanted I'd probably ditch t...

Have you ever looked at the "triphasic training" methods put forth by Cal Dietz from U. Minnesota? What are your thoughts. Regardless of your thoughts on his training philosophy, do you think that a vaulter whose knee buckles (stays bent way too long and ends up being flat) at takeoff need...

Any updates? I haven't seen any information on the site you provided. It might be best to spread the word soon with ipolevault.com stating that it's cancelled in their header.

Jake Blankenship in my opinion is the closest one I know in the world to m640 model today

Roman, not to deviate from the current conversation, but would you say that Marvin Reitze, from South Carolina, represents the 640 model pretty well too?

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ANY pulling or rowing action that occurs prior to this does NOT add energy to the vault How can you make this claim? Pulling ABSOLUTELY adds energy to the vault. The athlete does muscular work (attained through the conversion of chemical potential energy to work) to speed their rotation and raise t...

It's mostly motivation dependant. Some people are dealt a better hand than others facility wise, but if you aren't self motivated you won't make it far. My biggest piece of advice is quality over quantity. If u make your athletic development workouts and vaulting sessions very high quality, u can ge...

In science reality always trumps "theory". that is if you have a "theory" that states that taking off out will produce superior resluts than taking off under ( although the p/b model doesn't exactly say this it does infer this ) then this should be reflected in the real world, b...

to science wizard from ivy league educated vaulting zealot My largest objection in this entire discussion, is your preposterous claim that you are using science, while none of the rest of us are. I will be the first to admit, that there are some aspects of vaulting technique that I accept based on i...

tudies that claim that the farther under the take off point, the greater the lose of take off velocity must be flawed. otherwise it would be impossible for the previously mentioned vaulters to achieve such outstanding results taking off under. I accept your premise, I reject your conclusion. It is ...

This is getting ridiculous. You are either missing or ignoring what is perhaps the most important fundamental fact here: VAULTERS AREN'T PERFECT! Most elite vaulters are several steps away from perfecting whatever technique they feel is correct. In addition, some vaulters have trouble performing cer...

David, I don't appreciate your condescending tone regarding what you generously call science. Do not insult our intelligence or talk down to a forum that contains well educated people, many of whom are professionals in the fields of science and engineering. Used to be that all the best high jumpers ...