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My opinion is after the state qualifier they determine what the 8th or even 6th best mark was from all the state qualifying meets and any one that achieved that at the state qualifier meets(ditrict/sectional) but did not place in the top 2, 3, or 4 still will advance. I kind of feel like if you prov...

USA has dozens of almost isolated islands, dozens of vaulters working alone or in very small groups that struggle with basic things: home, food, bills. There is no critical mass - concentration of all resources at one place and system that will bring breakthrough in training, methodic, nutrition, r...

That is true ..I bought the 14'3 190,195,200 and 14'9 185. The only pole one of the HS kids has not used at some point is the 200 though. I actually have a girl on the the 12'4" 160 thru 175. she weighs 140. She just doesn't vault as well on the 13'3" yet... holding the same grip.

We have 47 poles. The 12'4" and 13'3" are for sure the most vital poles for the beginers.
we have roughly our series looks like
10'6" 115
11'4" 115-140
12'4 110-175
13'3" 130-185
14'3" 140-200
14'9" 165-185

PV Student, The plant action and relatively narrow grip, and the free pole drop used by Bubka allowed him to explode off the ground without much of a "settle step". Cheers, Tom It's worth noting that the free pole drop allows a narrower grip b/c the vaulter does not need the wider grip fo...

I was at a meet yesterday where a kid that has a good coach but the coach wasn't there. Things started clicking and he was almost going off the back of the pit on his 14'3" 190 from 7 lefts during warm ups... he weighs under 176. I talked to him a bit and he had a pole he has 4 stepped as the m...

Nahh.... just make the pegs even shorter, give them less time between attempts, and less attemtps to speed things up to make up for the difference.

yeahhh Ryan

It seems like I see more kids landing short also since the rule. While I agree with the intention of the rule. In practice in the real world I not sure of it's effectiveness. It seems that the majority of HS coaches don't know what the proper adjustment should be (lowering grip) or shorter pole and ...

Good luck Ryan!!!

- Under Armor and the like with seams stitched in contrasting colors are now illegal (for example, white shorts with black thread used for the seams) (Case book, page 31) I believe this is new for 2010. I have to take the head coaches online rules test every year for WIAA and I know the stitching w...

I'm going to see if I can jump... right now I can hang from a high bar. do pull ups and push ups..do bubkas also. It's just If I can handle the hit at take off...we'll see.