Landing deep in the pit is good, but what happens when you land shallow with the same pole and grip that you were using when you landed deep on the previous jump? If your pole and grip were the same as before, then you can eliminate them as factors affecting your jump. Instead, it could be your run. Here are a couple reasons you’re landing shallow due to the run: If you’re too far out at takeoff, then you’re probably over striding, which slows down your run and makes it difficult to jump up. A flat takeoff slows down your pole speed. If you’re too far in, then your strides become shorter and you need to back up. Taking off under the pole causes you to get ripped off the ground, which prevent
There are so many amazing tools out there for coaches and athletes and when used appropriately can take jumping to the next level. However using any tool, no matter how great, inappropriately; like hammering in a screw, can cause more harm than good. When coaching pole vault for the first time video is great. You can use it to slow down the jump and try and catch things that you didn’t see initially. And when you first start coaching the vault happens so quickly that you may need to watch video. But what happens when you rely on watching video after every single jump? If you are actually recording the video yourself it becomes very difficult to watch the video in real time. Now you only ever
