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Include sprint mechanic drills in your workouts do keep your stride from becoming strange.

You could always invent some if you can't find any. I don't know of any sites that feature drills like that, but you could think some up, I'm sure. Just think about how jumping on a trampoline relates to vaulting, then go grab a stubby and get creative! (Maybe you could come up with a good follow-th...

Just do leg curls, calf raises, tons of sit ups, and buy some foot weights that you can run around with. Do form running in addition. That makes you so much faster. I taught my friend a few running drills and within an hour or so his 40 time was better by almost half a second. Also, you should do so...

Yesterday I posted a reply to a very similar situation. I feel that this issue may create numerous danger-vaulters, and this message needs to be emphasized much more than it already is. The bottom arm at take-off needs to be rigid and pushing up and forward, as if you were going to push it right ove...

You should do some weighted sit ups too. Small sets with maybe 70 percent should really help get you more core power, which is what a pole vaulter needs during the swing-up.

Make sure you aren't blocking with your bottom arm, which forces the pole to bend. What I mean by blocking is locking out your bottom arm at take-off in order to push the middle of the pole into bending. DO NOT do this. (MANY COACHES PROMOTE THIS: BEWARE!) I used to do this until I found out that it...

It turns out that Alan Launder did show up for at least the second boys' camp this year, and that there were four operational pits, with about a hundred campers. Hannay wasn't there, but it was still a great experience. I was told that he would not be running this year's camps because of personal is...

If you think of how high a bar is in terms of cowtails

We'll give it three tries before we quit. (unless we get hurt...)

There were at least three cameras there though: one on Kobayashi, one on Chestnut, one on the whole event. What gives?

Is it just me, or are there no websites that have high school state records on them? Does anybody know what Maryland's is? I heard it was around 15'3''...(You know these great MD pole vaulters...)