5-19-2011 Pole Vault Practice

Hey Vault World, I have to keep it short again. I took a lot of jumps today. My last several are my best. I really am starting to figure things out. I am going to stay on the 14'6" 175# 16.5flex pole for a couple more practices. I really want to work on swinging with a straight leg all the way to the top of the pole and start working on my top end. I am very happy with how things are going though. I have improved dramatically this year. I hope to be borrowing some 16' poles from Fred. He doesn't know yet because I have not asked. I will have to make the transition from 15's to 16's since I have no 15'6" poles. The 16's are pretty soft if I remember right so I will hold down at 15'5ish. Well here is the video.Hey at the end of the video is a typo its not 79'6" it is 69'6" for my 5 stride

                                                                 

5-16-11 Pole Vaulting

Hey so I decided to pole vault today. It was pretty windy and rain clouds were rolling but I was lucky and managed to get my practice in before it started to rain. I was pretty tired today but I was set on going up a pole today, so I went for it. I am not getting what I should out of the pole but it was a good practice for me. Here is the video.

                                                                     

5-15-11 Vaulting

Hey so today was a real let down. I was so excited to vault after tuesdays practice and I woke up and there was a light rain. Once at practice it started to pick up and halfway through my drills it became a down pour that never let up. I waited for over an hour and then called it a day. Here is the video of the drills I did. Not my best drills but at least I got something in today.