Attempting free take-off

I am trying to get my step out and have an elastic stretch at take off but there is a lot of work to be done. jumps are from 3 and 4 lefts with a 15 ft bungee.

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• Kasey Burlingham
• pole vault
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• bubka

[dillondopp]

you dont need transition i went from a 12 foot pole strait to a 15 its all about how fast you can be

[burlykc]

It does not always work this way often trying to make this type of jump in poles is dangerous. With out a proper transition it often makes technique suffer. If you were able to make this transition it is because the 12ft pole was far under your ability level but this is not usually the case.

[jonny135798642]

Whats the definition of a free take off?

[burlykc]

A free take off is where the vaulter leaves the ground before the pole starts to bend. This allows the swing to be more free and effective and also results in a better take off angle with a bend that rises instead of sinks. I do not accomplish it in this video but I come close. I will post a new video in the next month or two of actually accomplishing a free take off so it will be more clear.

[cuzinstriple7]

im capping an 11ft 120 and i want to move up to the 12 ft 120 we have. so are you saying if i get the 12ft and hold 11'6" it will be 10 pounds stiffer?

[burlykc]

Yes but don't go straight from holding 11ft to 11'6 move up two inches at a time. However sometimes with 11 and 12 ft poles you can go up 20lbs at a time you just have to use you best judgment this gets more difficult as the pole's get longer.

[roxyrack]

This is excellent! My son is 4 and just saw a piece on TV of pole vaulting and wanted to try for himself.  This is a great example of not only doing the task but demonstrating that lots of practice is what helps you become good at something. THANK YOU!

[GerogeJohnPaulRingo]

at first I was confused by the choice of music, but the vaults started flowing really well. Ive always found free takeoff to be hard especially because you have to run harder, but the lift you get out of jumping over the girp of your pole is great. That's my focus right now and I'm finding it really difficult especially because I tuck and shoot.

[nbagreen1]

Great video! I enjoyed very much. nice example of working up from the 3 step for instruction. Thank you for posting. I think free takeoff starts with a penultimate step followed by a jump up off the ground. most vaulters naturally dont hit a deep penultimate step. You dont have a significant P.S. Its even harder to hit with a longer run and not slow down. I defntly have free takeoff and I can jump 13' from 3 steps, 40' run(im slow). The free takeoff adds 1' to my 3 step vault. 16' pr

[BigTeryaki]

@jonny135798642 If you want to see a good example of a free take-off, watch some of Sergey Bubka's vaults.

[blokhdaniel]

whats the song?

[2011rwill]

i love your run and particularly your drive, palms up leading with the chest, drive knee foot tucked under the hips.... the free take off would save you more energy indeed, and oh your looking down at the plant slightly try to look ahead and slightly upwards other wise pretty good form!

[evanF4B10]

Don't try for a free take-off. TRY to have your toes exactly under your hips. Most inexperienced vaulters can still jump fine by being a a few inches under, but it definitely causes you to lose energy.

What you should do is try to be EXACTLY ON - 3 inches out (barely noticeable free take-off)

[evanF4B10]

@dillondopp you couldn't be any more wrong...

Speed is not the only factor at all. I ran the 100 in 12.4 as a senior in high school (go ahead and laugh, I know it's bad). I still managed to fool around with 15 foot poles. If my plant was down the slightest bit, I got rejected.

[Fleagle21Parkour]

@Roksonixx wonders of carbon.

[Fleagle21Parkour]

@javstar78 When someone leaves the ground before the pole hits the back of the box, (or before the pole starts to bend) Better take off, better swing.