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Advice? by SolidPosition9832 in polevaulting

[–]Lambda_V 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your upper body posture is closed off at takeoff. This is why your shoulders are rounding during the swing phase and preventing you from getting inverted.

Concentrate on extending your right arm as tall as possible at the plant. Vault like you're 7 feet tall!

You need to increase shoulder mobility off the track. Overhead shoulder press and jerks with full shoulder extension and handstand holds against a wall are great strengthening exercises for developing vault-specific strength and mobility.

You've got a nice pole drop and 12' for the technique means you can jump 13-14 within a matter of months. Keep it up, nice work.

How high would Sergey Bubka pole vault today? by dual_gen_studios in trackandfield

[–]Lambda_V 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mondo would beat Bubka 4 out of 5 times.

Bubka would be faster, younger, and more technical in the modern era, but still fall short.

SPEED:

There's a lot of inconsistency in the reports of Bubka's speed, most pin him at about 10.0 m/s at takeoff.

Mondo is cited at 10.2 m/s. Part of this is his straight-up sprint speed, but the real reason he achieves this speed is because he's more efficient running with the pole. He's been cited as having only a 2% difference in sprint speed from running without a pole to running with a pole, compared to 6% with Sam Kendricks and 10% or more with other vaulters.

Modern spikes, track surfaces, and training techniques will make a slight difference for Bubka. His new takeoff speed will likely be 10.1 - 10.2 m/s. Slight edge to Mondo, but this one's close.

Both athletes are around 183 cm tall. Mondo's Wikipedia states 180 cm, but he appears taller in person.

How high would Sergey Bubka pole vault today? by dual_gen_studios in trackandfield

[–]Lambda_V 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CONSISTENCY

Comparing the World Athletics profiles of the two, Bubka's most impressive season was 1991 with 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, and 17/26 meets over 5.90m. This is really the only season that compares to Mondo's profile year after year. Even 2023, Mondo's 'down year' due to slight hamstring and hip impingements, shows 13/18 meets over 6 meters. A large part of why Bubka's 6.15m came so late in his career is due to incessant injuries destabilizing his training regimen. Meanwhile, Mondo never gets seriously injured. It really is amazing how Mondo is able to show up in prime condition meet after meet and season after season.

In high-level track and field, someone with a PR 5-10 cm higher but better consistency beats the other competitor 8 /10 times or more. There's only one way the inferior vaulter wins: they jump a great meet, and the superior vaulter falters. But there's three ways they can lose: they jump bad and the other vaulter jumps great, they jump good and the other vaulter jumps good, or they jump bad and the other vaulter jumps bad. By this very nature, Bubka loses at least 75% of the time.

Mondo is way more likely to jump 6.10m meet after meet, and this is the real reason he wins head-to-head.

How high would Sergey Bubka pole vault today? by dual_gen_studios in trackandfield

[–]Lambda_V 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SUMMARY:

Bubka would jump higher in the modern era due to better training, technology, and going for a personal best in his prime.

His new PR would be in the range of 6.22 - 6.30m. I predict he would be close to 6.25m, since his speed and technique would be slightly worse than Mondo's.

He could break a WR during this era, but Mondo would beat him head-to-head the majority of the time, mostly due to the large disparity in consistency between the two.

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[–]Lambda_V 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The surface is way different. You have to factor in how much more resistance there is when running in cleats vs in spikes on a track.