How mucsh has everyone PR'ed by?

[Lax PV]

How much higher have you jumped since you wer in HS? And more importantly, what do you think was the defining reason for the improvement?

I think that my speed on the runway, take off improvements and my core strength has gotten me my 25".

[rainbowgirl28]

So far I have jumped a foot higher.

When I was home this summer I found the video of me jumping 10'6" in high school. It was so ugly!!

I have definitely improved my running technique a ton since then... and pretty much every other phase of my vault

[OAKPV2004]

progress is not always seen in vault through heights... you got to trim the twigs from the tree so it will grow right.... I improved only .75" from HS but I feel like i was more consistant, and saw improvment in my run and pole carry... i also feel like after the first year in college vaulting i learned to take a diffrent approach toward vaulting.

[VaultMarq26]

progress is not always seen in vault through heights... you got to trim the twigs from the tree so it will grow right.... I improved only .75" from HS but I feel like i was more consistant, and saw improvment in my run and pole carry... i also feel like after the first year in college vaulting i learned to take a diffrent approach toward vaulting.

I like the tree analogy...i will have to use it

[SKOT]

i have improved 34" since high school. that has a lot to do w/ the fact that i only jumped for one year in HS. its not hard to PR big on your 12' HS PR.

[lonestar]

3'0 - knowledge

[scubastevesgirly]

28'' so far ... for a reason not unlike Skot's. I only jumped for a month in high school
...and there's still a LOT i can fix to improve that number

[Lax PV]

progress is not always seen in vault through heights... you got to trim the twigs from the tree so it will grow right.... I improved only .75" from HS but I feel like i was more consistant, and saw improvment in my run and pole carry... i also feel like after the first year in college vaulting i learned to take a diffrent approach toward vaulting.

I totally agree. Consistancy is huge in the vault. PRs are cool, but knowing you can show up and jump close to it 2 or 3 days a week is something else I think.

[slowest5.50]

16'6" in high school holding 14' 6"

18' 1/2" in College holding 16' 0"

training environment helped a lot. Being around guys who wanted to jump high and trying to prove yourself was key. When I arrived as a freshman in college there were already two 18' jumpers there! I wanted to be the next:)

[JMP8928]

i jumped 12 3 in HS, holding like 12 6 or so.... and today, i jumped 14 feet(!!!) holding 13 5. which was sick.

[ashcraftpv]

16' 1" HS
17' 3" college

I only improved by 14", but I became a much better vaulter in that time. My problem was that I didn't have a coach that knew what they how to make me a better vaulter until my senior year (no offense Swank, in case you ever read this). I was in phenominal shape, but I had no one who could relate to me on how I could improve on a technical level until my 5th year. I improved my practice PR 9" higher than my meet PR (yes it was over a bar) in my last few weeks of vaulting, but never got good meet conditions to capitalize on my improvement.

[cdmilton]

30" - speed, technique, knowledge, started coaching others.