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2010 Spring Season UVM practices scheduled!
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Essex Junction, VT 05452
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News
- 02/14/10 -> Happy Valentines Day! We used the rings last night at practice and Josh and Kevin are masters at swinging bubkas. Nice. The "front lever" is extremely tough. I'll try to incorporate the rings into every practice after warm-up. I gotta figure out a quicker way to hang them and get them down. It was great to see Dan Mead and his two good vaulters from NH. Hopefully we'll be seeing them again. Jumping was good. Kevin and Josh both had a couple of great explosive take-offs. Heather had a great straight trail leg swing on one of her jumps. Gary was nailing down a much better solid body take-off. David was coming along very quickly. He's got great aggressiveness and vertical. We'll be focusing on the swing to inversion and full vaults over the bungee next practice. I'd love to keep working the approach run and take-offs since it's the key to everything in the vault, but I don't want to loose your interest and it's good to change things up.
- 02/09/10 -> I'm excited for our next practice. It's been 3 weeks off b/c of my snowboard injury. Spring Track season starts in about 5 weeks! Lets get rocking so everyone is way ahead of the game for their first meet in April. I'm excited to use the gymnastic rings and you will get alot out of it especially for your swing to inversion. Make sure everyone tries the "front lever" at their school if you can. You'll be happy to know I was re-taping everyone's poles that have been at our UVM practices. Some of you had grimy tape that must have been on there for years. Nothing beats a fresh cleaned up pole. See ya this Saturday.
- 01/12/10 -> I love my hurdles I got for X-Mas. We'll be using them more. Great to see new people in the Club. Hopefully I can get the gymnastics rings setup for next practice. That will be our swinging and inversion work. Everything at the pit is going to be take-off work again. Look forward to seeing everyone at the next practice.
- 01/03/10 -> Happy New Year! First 2010 practice is in the books. Despite the snow, practice went off with a bang. We had a die-hard vaulter ( Alex ) from Albany, NY travel 3 hours to come workout with us yesterday. Great vaulter. Sam and Kevin were also there looking good since having a couple weeks off. You can call this pre-season now since we have practices scheduled right up until Spring Track season. I'm super excited to keep working out at UVM. I'm back jumping myself since my ankle surgery in October. Feel great and psyched to be jumping.
- 12/06/09 -> Another fun practice last night. Good to see some old faces back with the club since Fall sports ended. We talked about which events, I have on the calendar, everyone would like to attend. I'd like to choose 2 events we attend as a club. Ideally, one BU Mini Meet and the Dartmouth Relays. Sorry I didn't get too much video last night. It's hard to coach well while video taping all the time. I'll get the video posted to the website soon.
Note -> Our next practice, Saturday, Dec. 12th is from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. Notice the time change only for this practice. - 11/22/09 -> What an awesome practice last night. We'll be doing more approach and plant drills at practices. Everyone looked fantastic with dramatic improvement across the board. Psyched to get some events lined up so we can put our hard work to the test. Stay tuned for posted events. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone and see you next practice at UVM, Dec. 5th from 5 - 7PM. I'll get video of last night's practice up soon.
- 11/15/09 -> Practice last night at UVM could be labeled as "girls night out" since it was just the girls. Great time. We got the standards up and were jumping the bungee. I'd like to welcome our newest club member, Melissa Childs. I posted videos of everyone from the practice. Check it out and compare yourself to the elite videos and the sand vault drill I have posted.
- 11/10/09 -> First Winter UVM practice Saturday, Nov. 7th was awesome! Everyone looked great. I'll bring sand bags to next practice so we can start using the standards. We'll be doing more run, plant and take-off drills prior to vaulting in the pit next practice. After watching the videos I posted, everyone needs more work on running tall, a solid plant motion and exploding at take-off. No worries, this is normal. Fixing the plant will do wonders for most of you. See ya Saturday Nov. 14th for our next practice.
- 10/30/09 -> UVM practices for the Winter start next Saturday, Nov. 7th. Check out the new Strength Training Log on the Resources page. Do it twice a week! Check the Calendar for UVM practice dates. They are most Saturdays until Dec. 19th for now.
- 10/17/09 -> Winter practices at UVM's Field House start Saturday, Nov. 7th. Practices are currently scheduled most Saturdays
- 09/05/09 -> Club T-Shirts are finally here. They came out great. Price is $30.00. Make checks payable to Chris Mitchell. I wish I was making money on these to put back into the club, but I'm not. They are high quality Nike Dri-Fit shirts. I wanted something that would last and could be used as a workout shirt too. I'll have them available at all club practices for you to check out. If you can't make practice to get one, give me a call and we can make sure you get one. Supplies are limited, so get one while they last.
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08/29/09 -> Club practices will continue through the end of October! We may adjust the schedule to only 2 days a week, but for now it's the same. Every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Milton.
FYI. USATF has a handful of indoor meets with pole vault during the winter. I am trying to setup practice once a week after October to keep you guys progressing your technique and maintain your fitness level until the spring track season. - 08/20/09 -> I love Slide Box drills!
- 08/18/09 -> Flo Meiler from Shelburne, VT breaks USATF Masters Womens ( 75-79 age bracket ) Pole Vault World Record with a vault of 6' 7". She's 75 years old. Here's the Burlington Free Press article:
Here's the Burlington Free Press article:
Meiler, 75, soars into record book
Congrats to Flo! Flo is unreal. I jumped with her about 4 years ago at Kurt Fischer's place in Charlotte, VT ( Charlotte Vaulters ). I would kill to have her family genes. The women is ripped and in condition I never thought was possible at that age. Her speed and spring at take-off is baffling for her age. I remember Kurt telling Flo, after she was done a jump session, to do a couple of bubkas on his high bar. I thought, "No way could she do those even if she was fresh." She powered through 3 swinging bubkas almost perfectly. Ridiculous! She apparently didn't start doing Track & Field until she was around 60 years old. "Natural Talent" is an understatement for this woman. - 08/18/09 -> Today's practice was the first time everyone got to use my new slide box. It improved everyone's plant and take-off dramatically. Everyone had their best jumping day of the summer after using the slide box. I'm kicking myself for not building the slide box sooner. We'll be using as part of our warm-up every practice now.
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08/18/09 -> UCS Spirit is giving away free Jenn Stuczyinski posters. Get them while they last.
UCS Spirit Jen Stuczyinski poster
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