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I'm entering my last year as a collegiate vaulter, and am doing so at a new school. Part of the warm up here involves straight pole drills, which, for whatever reason, I suck out loud at. I am a reasonably successful vaulter (15'3) when bending the pole, I have a pretty good swing, and have hit very...

My opinion, is just wear whatever you are more comfortable in, and whatever makes you feel like you can jump your highest. If wearing a speed suit makes you feel like you can cap 16 footers and take off from 14' out, then go for it, who cares what people say, its a meet not a fashion show. That's ju...

Powerplant, I don't know if a more flexible material is going to solve that problem. I would seem to me that there are only three ways in which to improve the pole. 1) Improve its efficiency, i.e. how much energy of the energy stored in the pole is returned to the vaulter 2) Decrease the resistance ...

Pantera - "Walk" I feel like I can run through a brick wall when I listen to that song. But really, I find that fast paced music, some quick sprints, and using just feeding off your team mates and vice versa. If you are yelling and screaming for a team mate, and then he does the same for y...

So I'm a little confused about this. I had always heard the approximation of 1.5 lbs per inch as you move your hand down the pole, so approximately 10 lbs per 6" or 20lbs per foot. I've also hear that this no longer holds true when you get to the 16' poles. Now I spent most of last season on a ...

Here's the article http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport ... r_hypnosis

I recently read an article about Steve Hooker (below) which said that he utilized Hypnotherapy and sports psychology to get over his "fear of pole vaulting," which is something that I have definately gone through, and I'm sure many of you have too. My questions, however, are first to ask i...

Yeah, well I love the movie Tin Cup, so that's where I got the idea. I wonder if wearing a hat with a pole plug dangling from it would help?

I've been pole vaulting for over 7 years now, and have spent the last 3 years going in and out of what I refer to as "the shanks," which is an inability to take off without a rational cause, or at the very least an extreme hesitation in moving up poles. I've devised many tricks for getting...