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My guess would be you do not have a powerful swing. Basic physics here: If you just plant a pole and ride it in without swinging up your bodies center of mass stays down below your hands so your potential energy (how high you are) stays low, but your kinetic energy (how fast and deep into the pit y...

Your grip on a bending pole doesn't work like on a straight pole. Once you find the right grip on a bending pole it shouldn't really change more than an inch. The maximum your grip should move up from the 165 to the 170 is about 2.5-3 inches. It matters to a quargrier inch where your grip. I don't ...

My goal is to try to hold higher on the pole. When I do a simple take off (from 3 strides; 6 steps) on a 15' 170 holding 20cm from the top I have no trouble moving the pole. However, when I try to swing the pole stops and I do not have safe penetration. I am fine on the 15'165 and the penetration is...

Hello I'm a vaulter, from the opposite coast and am planning to be in Calinfornia for about a year starting sometime starting during fall, and would like to keep vaulting (PR. 5.10, 16 3/4 feet). I'm looking for a coach hopefully around San Fransisco, just wondering if anyone one can give me informa...

Hello I just bought this pole from UCS this summer and jumped on it and it was too small, i'm looking to sell the pole and will be attending the pole vault summit next weekend if anyone is interested on buying the pole off me there to avoid any shipping costs. I would like to get around 350 dollars ...

Hello I just bought this pole from UCS this summer and jumped on it and it was too small, i'm looking to sell this pole for around 400 dollars, price negotiable, with shipping and everything included. If anyone is interested my email is doug.creighton@gmail.com. The specs are 15'7 180 19.6 flex and ...

I have a 15.7 180 pound pole with a flex of 19.6 that i'm looking to sell. If you are interested email me back. I'm looking for a price around 400 hundred dollars with shipping and everything included. The pole was bought this summer and used for only two jumps. My email is doug.creighton@gmail.com