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We are having our second meet of the season this saturday, Feb 6th. competition starts at noon with the vaulters starting at 11'6" or higher going first. Hope to see you there. for directions and to view the facility click the link below

Raising the Bar vault club will be hosting our first annual pole vault symposium on Feb. 26th & 27th. There will be 6 coaches. 3, Dan West, Mark Vanderville, and Rick Bagget have all coached high level collegiate vaulters and elite vaulters. There will be lots of hands on instruction as well as ...

I hope you can make it. it would be nice to meet you in person

Bring it on Rick, were ready for you

. And if there's a HJ pit available outdoors, then I see no reason that you shouldn't use that ... without a bungee. I've already told you to forget about the bungee and just get used to swinging with a low grip ... then gradually raise it ... so here's your opportunity. Normally, I wouldn't recomm...

We will be having our first indoor competition of the season on Jan. 17th Great tuneup before the summit in Reno or just to have some fun vaulting. Doors will be open at 10 am with competition starting at noon. cost is 15.00 at the door. for directions and to view the facility click the link below. ...

The point of a drill is NOT to be good at the drill. I guess this means when you get good at a drill there is no point in doing it anymore. Since you seem to be one of the main posters on here I'm curious what your qualifications are? how old are you? how long have you coached? how high have you ju...

I found the video of Bubka rope vaulting. It's posted on our website in the video section. he seems to be standing on raised platform of some kind since he has some forward swing, then climbs the rope and swings to a tuck and shoot over the bar. click on the link below

JJ Juilfs, 16' at age 16 last season

I think rope vaulting is a great drill if done properly and safely. Some people think no drill is worthwhile if Petrov or Bubka didn't do it. I have a video of bubka doing a rope vault over a bungee so it must be ok. It's not a swing from a platform and most of us propably couldn't pull it off. I ha...

having coachd high shcool pv for 20 yrs and officiated more meets then I can remember I have never found moving the standards to be a problem. if you want to speed up the competition I have lots of suggestions but I'll just list the main ones. 1. limit jv jumpers the same as varsity. around here at ...

Jared won the jumpoff at 5.36, just got reported wrong somewhere down the line