College Vault Practice 11-3-09

Yes, started doing straight-pole drills about 3 weeks ago, and last Tuesday, we started actually bending poles. I'm able to grip around 11'9 while a straight pole, which is a 6" drop from last year, but I've been rather sick (colds), and all of these practices have been in FLATS (not spikes), so that may be a big factor.

All these Jumps are on a 13' 155 from a 3-Left Approach run, gripping around 12'1 (bungee at 13'3) with the standards BURIED). Just as a reminder, I am 5'7 at 130 lbs

JUMP 1: Not a completely free take-off, which isn't allowing me to jump upward so much. Could have been a little earlier in the plant (top arm never got fully extended before this pole-tip hit). I'm pretty content with my bottom arm, which isn't involved too much, especially considering the low grip. My knee-drive is pretty good, but I still feel it could be driven up a bit higher/harder. Next is my crown jewel! MY SWING! I've very happy with how my swing has improved; it stays long and straight, all the way to inversion (the way it should always be). Top-end looks a little "squirrely" to me, so let me know what you feel that may be a symptom of.

JUMP 2: Plant was a bit better, but can still improve. Knee looks a little higher too. The swing was good, but I don't feel I 'came back enough' (i think i was too far away from the pole, during the extension and pull/turn phase). Despite that, I think i got off the top, better (probably my best jump of the day, if not one of the jumps after the camera stopped rolling).

JUMP 3: Definitely took off under on this jump (which naturally affected the rest of the vault). The vaults wasn't too bad afterwards, but I stalled out at the top (probably a symptom of taking off, under). But if anyone feels it was because of something different, let me know.

Overall, I'm very happy with these jumps. These were only 3 jumps, in a row that were filmed; i had been hitting it pretty consistently, all practice. I'm certainly striving for a completely free take-off, so watch out for that in future videos. When I'm no longer sick and wearing spikes (which I don't think we'll actually do from 3 lefts), things will improve even more. Feedback is welcome, thanks in advance. -6P

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[joebro391]

@seanster265 because i'm serious about my sport and want to get better. -6P

[seanster265]

Look at anyone else's video of them vaulting; they have maybe three sentences, you wrote a dissertation.

[joebro391]

@seanster265 you're retarded

[seanster265]

Why do you have such a detailed description in all of your videos? That makes asking people for tips stupid.