All sorts of problems with my vault

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crazyasian31
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Expertise: Current High School Vaulter
Lifetime Best: 9'6
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All sorts of problems with my vault

Unread postby crazyasian31 » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:23 pm

I posted this in the video review thread, but i thought i'd get more responses here.

Age: 18
Grade: senior
How long you have been jumping: 3rd season
What pole you are on (length and weight rating): 150 13'
How high you are gripping: 11'
What bar(s) you are attempting in the video: 8'6 and 10'

Hi everyone. This is my 3rd season vaulting, and I'm still stuck at 9'6 which is the height I cleared my 2nd meet -_-.

Today I couldn't get over 10' either, I had one "good" attempt at it, but unfortunately I didn't catch it on film. ("good"- I got over, but because of my bad turn, i hit it with my elbow)

I have some footage of my other jumps here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWiXvy1vsY

Some problems I think I noticed:
I'm probably taking off under
My bottom arm gets suck into the pole, killing my swing
I have a weird leg swing(I'm swing with my leg bent so effectively only using half its length"
my bottom arm gets caught on the wrong side of the pole and hits it, causing me to spin/go up sideways
I shoot for the pole and don't swing to vertical


I've always had trouble turning over since I started.

any tips, advice, criticism would be greatly appreciated!

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