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Holding down on a pole, while it may make it FEEL stiffer, will only make it roll to vertical easier. One good option is to keep your current grip height but to narrow your grip. It will cause you to back off of your takeoff a little bit and initiate your swing sooner. Which will result in more vert...

Topic describes my question pretty well. I'm a current college vaulter. My school has some cut 15' carbonFX poles that are now 14'9" in length. The poles are cut from the bottom because they were designed to facilitate the training of a guy who was really short but incredibly fast. Matter of fa...

I myself am only a 12'6" pole vaulter so I'm certainly no guru when it comes to vaulting. I help some of the younger guys at my school with vaulting because they don't have a coach for themselves & I train elsewhere. That being said, I have one guy who I know has the power to be an 11ft vau...