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  • @NHSpolevaulter Ill agree with that, his double leg swing has to go.

  • Jumped 9"6 my freshmen year since rhen, ive grown 6 inches and gained 20 lbs looking to go 11"6 this year!

  • im with @GoldenJAcob1 that was horrible form, hes wearing a helmet fag and 11, 6 isnt hard. im a freshman now and i jump that with out form just wen im warm up jumping. JV champ, ur probably in a 2A district

  • Funny how this was made by the kid's mom. What a (), i can't even empathize how terrible his form was. The only reason he was making bars was because he was shooting the crap out of his pole, which is way too small for a kid his size to be using. This is just terrible, and his mom thinks he's amazing at it

  • 4 years later- I bet hes still jumping the same height

  • How come it's always the people with terrible form end up doing good

  • second year vaulting i'm at 12'6'' almost 13' hah my form is just awful though :(

  • rofl @ helmet. it doesn't save lives. it paralyzes kids.

  • He had really bad form on his plant...

  • i am a freshman i cleared 11' 6 is my pr

  • @idontknowapassword we have a very good coach as well. i owe everything to him. last year my brother and another kid were at 13'9" and 14'4". the kid that got 14'4" has a younger brother who is a junior that is jumping 13'9" and i set our freshmen record with 12' the school record is around 15' and our coach has been coaching it for 34 years now. we live in pennsylvania so we cant vault year round like some kids.

  • @idontknowapassword 12'6'' unofficially but 12' at my league meet. go to bobtrump.com and click lancaster lebanon league meet results at the top of the page. and at the bottom of the page in boys pole vault. i was listed at 11'9'' but at the meet i jumped 12. Derek DiAngelis from Northern Leb. i got 8th place at the meet.

  • 7' my feshman year, what now bitches...

  • yes!!! this is so encouraging I am a freshman and right now my PR is 9ft and all the sudden I am now jumping off the wrong foot and now that i see somebody else doing it, it encourages me to think that I will still be able to be a good jumper no matter what foot I jump off of!! thanks so much for posting this video!!

  • 12'6" my freshman year.

  • @xtwins3x were do u live?

  • if he got the pole further out in front of him when he planted, he could probable gain a foot or so

  • haha its funny because nobodyvaults with helmets.. americans are too safe

  • Man, he made 11'6" and he took off from the wrong foot. I bet he would've been able to clear 12' if he didn't stutter-step and took off on the rcorrect foot

  • Im a freshmen cleaing 10" with a 120 ucs that 12 ft long good?

  • helmet?

  • what kind of pole do you use? im getting a carbon extreme 145

  • @XB0XVIDz It looks like a Spirit, but it could be a reallly old Pacer. (The Pacer I's look kinda like Spirits from far away)

  • What was the length of the pole?

  • A Freshman at my school names, Lucas Ball, set the Ohio record in 8th grade with 12ft 6 inches.

  • Imagine how good he'd be if he had a coach teach him proper technique!

  • look at 0:51, that bend is pretty low and if he doesn't start taking off his left foot he's going to break a pole

  • on my first day i was doing 7 feet and that was only an hour. is that good?

  • you know your taking off on the wrong foot right?

  • he didnt jump at all

  • once he works on his form, im sure he'll vault a lot better!

  • I volted 11'6 when I was 12 yrs old.. but I decided to stick to hurdles.. I know I wuda been a beast if I kept at it!

  • Im looking through these videos because I have a meet tomorrow. I'm very nervous because I have tendinitis and my knee is killing me down the run-way. 

  • Lol no form whatsoever.. And why would you bend the pole starting from 9'6? That just shows that you rely on the length of the pole and not actual skill. i'm sure if you developed form of some type and learned to stiff pole until you actually need to bend, you'd do much better.

  • This kid took forth place as a Senior at State with a jump of 14 feet after not even competing during his junior year he could have vaulted higher had he not broke his pole during the meet prior to State he returned to School after State and jumped 15' with a foot to spare.

  • very impressive..im a freshman and im pole vaulting...im very nervous ! lol

  • hahahahhah helmet

  • i jumped 16 my freshamn year, then went on to rep canada in italy!!

  • I jumped 12 my freshman year. Im now a sophomore and Indoor is jsut starting, Im getting over 12 with plenty of room to spare. I want at least 14 by outdoor.

  • @SoccerVaulter i only cleared 9'6 at a meet then the next meet at a invite i was in the last three vaulters at 11'3 as freshman i dont a have a coach and now im at the top of 13 foot pole bending it almost all the way

  • i jumped 12 6 as a freshman an i just started training and jumped 13 6 from 4 lefts

  • look up the freshman konrad woelffer clearing 12'6''

  • you jumps with wrong leg! if your right handed you jumps up with left leg,

  • im a freshmen that did 14 3, but good job! haha

    youtube(dot)com/watch?v=qoyIGC­fwPSI

  • he rides the pole too much, but not bad. and he went to state by only getting 13??? In IL you have to get 13'9" to go to state

  • you immediately go on your back.  hold you trail leg back and keep it straight when swinging

  • man if he couldve got a right take off and rocked back good. he couldve went 12 12 6. im in my freshman-sophmore summer i cleared 12 6. but i cant drop my back vertical all the way yet. no any excersices or tips?

  • my Freshman year i cleared 13. my sophmore year i cleared 15

  • @akadillon

    That's great if it's true. He jumps 14' now.  Put your video of 15' up. That's a great jump.... especially for a Sophomore.

  • @retrovaulter yea i train with my friend Jack Whitt. im going to post it up

  • @retrovaulter why was he vaulting off the wrong foot

  • @akadillon im a freshmen cleaaring 14'9 and only been vaulting 2 months

  • bad form

  • bad form

  • @AFourthIrish wat's ur pr? lool just wondering

  • @sureloc

    His PR is 14' now.

  • @retrovaulter not the guy in the video. the guy tat says he has bad for

  • First off, the helmet makes you look stupid. Buy 11.6 is pretty good for a freshman who take off the wrong foot. However, he was usinh a rather long pole just to clear 11.6. He is pretty much just hugging the 13 foot pole up

  • @comment2342

    Wearing hemets was a STATE RULE. You couldn't vault without one. But.... this year a month into outdoor season, they changed the rule. Helmets are optional. So now everybody can stop all the "that's gay" comments.

  • @retrovaulter glad to hear they changed the rule. it actually increases your risk of neck injury. and good to see he healed up in time to get a few PRs

  • no bad for going off the wrong foot

  • im a freshman, and my PR is 12 foot.

  • im a freshman and i just got a new PR today at my schools invite 11'3" and 11'6" is freshman record took 3rd

  • You know on that last jump if u didnt look at the bar and tried to look at where u started from you would have cleared that eaier..just syain. lol

  • This is exactly like my friend kody! He always goes off his right foot and somehow mannages to get 12'6". Not fair :(

  • my friend tore his acl and got 11'9" as freshman during winter track...

  • my coach's frshman record was 12'6 thats way more than this

  • my friend was vaulting 12'6 as a freshman and made varsity freshman year 0_0

  • first outdoor meet this season, pr'ed from 9-10 6 i'm excited i'm only a freshman. plus the record was 10 so i sorta beat that and i was sick at the time. just wanted to share that :)

  • youre going to break that pole my friend...jump up more or your going to get stuck on that height for a lonnggg time

  • this might be a stupid question but why is he wearing a helmet. when i pole vault ive never seen someone wearing a helmet or i dont wear a helmet.

  • @GenuineProductions09 its a law in WI

  • im a freshmen an so far my pr is 12ft. at practice i get 13. Still got 5 meets left

  • i just started pole vaulting today and one of the ninth graders showing me what to do said he got 12 in practice once and 11'6 in a meet.... that was in eight grade now 10 is his warm up

  • Good vaulting for crappy technique. Took me till my FOURTH meet to get 9 my freshman year because i had technique like that, now im a state contender and PR'D 14.6

  • You need to not just fall on your pole like that. Jump up through it!

  • you need a bigger pole if your bending it like that with that kind of form

  • its good for the pole to bend you can get over better

  • You jumping off the wrong foot bro......... I went 14 my freshman year

  • i made 14'6 freshman year lol

  • needs alot of work.

    well hope he can get those arms out, not into his body

    and jump on the left foot.. lmao

  • for my scbool we dont have one, but im going to be a freshman and im getting 11 so thats ok

  • ha i started pole vaulting 2 days ago and im getting 7 feet. ha i suck but its so fun

  • Jeepers, he sure is clinging to that pole.

    Whatever gets him up there, I s'pose.

  • does he know for a right handed person, he is jumping off his wrong leg..... lololol ok my bad, i just finished the video and it said it hahaha

  • how high do you get now as a junior and also how high did you get sophomore year im a sophomore and my PR is 13 feet ,

  • As a Sophomore he got 13' several times in a meet. Including 13' at state. He isn't vaulting this year, he had shoulder surgery and some other issues. He'll be back as a Senior.  Nice job on your 13 feet!

  • lol funny, I have only been pole vaulting for 5 months and my highest is 12 '6

  • i would have vaulted this year... only we had no coach for it.. so we forfeited that event at every meet...

    fortunately i found the high jump, and set the freshman record of 6'4 at my school

  • the record for freshman at my school is 12'

  • for my school its 11'6"

  • FYI ... for all comments on why is he wearing a helmet ....HE HAS TO.... IT IS A STATE RULE. YOU MUST WEAR HELMETS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO POLE VAULT IN WISCONSIN!!

  • idk how it is up there but here in texas is normal to get a 12 ft im a freshman and my pr is 13 6 i went to district today and im off to regionals in a few weeks

  • Yeah, 12 ft isn't rare as a freshman. (Lol last year a freshman went 15'3) What's great is 12 ft on a pole less than 12 ft. It's easy to get a good athlete go 12 ft on a 14 ft pole as a freshman.

  • what state do you live in?

  • Oregon. That freshman last years name is "jj juilfs" he's gone 16 ft this year as a sophomore, still not first at state though.

  • he jumps off his right foot.... but hes a right hand vaulter. wierd

  • why in the world is that kid wearing a helmet

  • so he doesnt die.

  • wish i was vaulting that high my freshman year

  • gay loser wearing a helmat

  • i used to have the foot problem too, but mine wasnt intentional. this kid did it on every jump so.... hahah

    the only thing that helped me get my steps right was counting.

  • Dont watch this if you want to learn how to vault. The only thing good about the vault is 11 6 for a freshman. Technically its terrible. I know that. Anybody who knows vault- can see that. I put it on here for Steve and others to watch for enjoyment. Not to learn how to vault. It is rare to PR 4 times in 1 meet and more rare for a freshman around these parts to vault 11 6. Let me tell you what was behind the vault that makes this vault and this kid so special (continued below)

  • Steve had a badly sprained ankle and was hurt much of the season. He also had a torn labrum in his separated shoulder. Very painful just to have, now try to vault with it for most forget it! Yet he still gutted it out at practice to try and learn how to vault. His bad ankle was his left, which is his takeoff foot. Well at least it should have been. It hurt him to take off on it, so he got in the habit of going off his right foot. I fought it every day for him not to do it. (Continued below)

  • On this day, I gave in and let him go off his wrong foot. He could not extend his arm up on the plant, because his shoulder would pop out from the pressure. That is why he didnt get the plant up high which created a low bend on the pole. So- put a right foot takeoff with a short low plant and you are going to have an ugly vault. Thats why it is an amazing vault! Not the technique! The fact that it was done. As a sophomore he went on to make 13 several times. And Yes, off of his left foot.

  • haha i knew it was the wrong foot, he didnt even attempt to drive his knee

  • It's a good thing that this kid has terrible form on the plant and drive. if he had proper form his pole would have exploded lol. at least he was wearing a helmet. Also 11'6" is dangerous when jumping off the wrong foot. im not even sure how he was able to do that.

  • At the school I go to, one of the vaulters almost always takes off of the wrong foot (terrible habit) and is able to clear 12 feet on a 12'6 pole as a Freshman. :o

  • It's not dangerous to take off on the wrong foot at 11' 6''. Because you adjust your plant, and it works out.

  • uhm 12.9 ft my first season this kid is garbage learn how to vault properly early turns broo they help a lot. also keep your left arm up and drive in before you swing. you'd blow through that pole in no time and on to a nice fat 14' 145 pole throwing you 14-15ft like me

  • 13' went to state.....???

  • Yep. This is Wisconsin. Not a vault hotbed. Vaulters have a 3 month season and most don't vault outside of the track season. In fact... his 13' at State took 8th place. It's Wisconsin remember.

  • i go to that school

  • im going to be a sophomore after this summer and my pr is 12'6".

    i need to lift weights more and train harder. but that was a pretty good vault.

    move up a pole ._.

  • wait a second... you're all telling him to take off on the right foot when he's right handed? lol thats backwards buddy. he needs to watch his trail leg and keep it straight and push that left arm out and he could easily clear quite a bit more. im amazed he cleared that height with that form

  • No one is saying take off the "right" foot. Pelletier meant the "right" foot as in correct foot... which would be his left. His take-off was off his right. He had a badly sprained left ankle his Freshman year. This year he corrected the takeoff... but still had a torn labrum in his right shoulder all season and made 13' several times. He had shoulder surgery, but he has football and wrestling before track.... so he may be all banged up again. He is one of the toughest kids I have ever coached.

  • lol thats insanely dangerous just look at the way the pole bends

  • ...and did you read his whole comment? He said you might want to jump off the ground. Like at all. Regardless of which foot he takes off with.

  • I'm a freshmen jumping 29 6 1/4! Just kidding it was a typo on the results sheet hahah apperently I'm the best ever

  • even though its summer now and im going 2 b a sophmore i was a freshman and my best was 11'6 2 but halfway during the season i didnt kno it but i pulled a growth plate from my hip and the rest of my season i still barely managed 2 get 11'6" lol but where i live there are 2 twin brothers that r freshman clearing 14'4" its amazing

  • Great Job. Get that hip better for next year. I read about the twins ... the Uhle's. Maybe you'll be up there with them next year.

  • wooww lol i love the music.

    Take off on the right foot... and keep your hands up during your entire vault. You can go 13' easy. good luck!

  • Getting his hands high was a problem for him because he had shoulder problems lingering from Wrestling. He did get 13' quite a few times this year as a sophomore ... including at State. He just had shoulder surgery to fix a torn labrum. Hopefully next year he'll be healthy. Good Luck at Nationals Jason. Wisconsin has a vaulter going. Garrett Vetesnik. He is amazing at getting inverted. The best I have seen around here. I hope he hits 16' there.

  • thanks a lot dude it will be fun no matter WHAT happens. And yea good luck to this kid with shoulder surgery. Be careful his step is on and his hands are up so he doesnt re-injure it. Good luck through high school and possibly college!

  • Thanks for the advice. And,Congratulations on Nationals. I am sure you are disappointed in second, but it's an amazing accomplishment. Good Luck at Penn State!

  • sweet man u have awesome speed...u might wanna jump off the ground tho or that pole is history

  • im a freshman vaulter also and i can clear 12 im using a 13 foot pole and will be moving 2 a 14 foot pole soon

  • im a freshman who can clear 12'6" using a 13'7" pole.

    maybe we will see each other :D

  • Pole vaulters are BADASS!!!!!

  • Did anyone else notice he is jumping off of the wrong foot it is supposed to be your left foot not your right

  • epic technique XD

  • Nice job. i'm a freshman too. i got 11' 6'' for the first time yesterday lol

  • This one semed to work with the girl vaulters at my school:

    "Just remember, every time you go of the wrong foot a kitten is born retarded. Please don't let them down."

  • thats pretty good. im a freshman and my pr is 12'. im trying to get 12'7" to break the freshman record at my school set by my brother. instead of pulling on your pole after you plant, push up with it.

  • it is a good job i jsut started vaulting too and im in 10th grade but you wont max out there if you get a stiffer pole thats my oppinion.

  • ok wow...this kid is like me

    i did 9.6 my sencond day vaulting and at a meet i some how cleared 11 foot and got injured and im goin back tomorow

  • wow... great job... only... wrong takeoff foot...? thats gonna be really tough to correct... but it has to be done o you can see that hes going to max out at 11'6"

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