Track Practice

Track Practice

At track practice I have two annoying coaches who are also teachers. The head coach is a good distance coach but when he tries to work with field events he is a horrible coach. My actual pole vaulting coach is a good coach but with him working at another school he rarely shows up to practice. If the certified coach doesn't show up the vaulters are not allowed to jump. With pole vaulting you need to have a coach there everyday so we can work on our jumping. Yea there is more work outs we can do and they just aren't as helpful to the event. We also do a lot of ab work outs. The last practice we did a lot of running to get conditioned for the running portion of the event. This season is my senior year and I have a really good chance of going to regionals and maybe state. Im pretty confident in our younger pole vaulter to get to get to my skill level. He is a sophmore and is getting really good and confident. Pole vaulting is a really tough event and takes a lot of mental readiness. Our first track meet is next Saturday March 24, 2012. We have a new track coordinator who knows a bunch about my event and has helped me a ton this season. Im actually in the need of a new pole but my school cannot afford it. The pole I am using is a 13' 150 lb. pole. I need a 14' 155 lb. pound pole to get any better at the event.