Name: Scott Slover

Best Performance: 18' 9"

Club/Affiliation: No Limit sports

Age: 27

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 175 Lbs.

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Normal Competition Grip: 16'

Normal Competition Pole Length/Weight: 16' 9" 14.2 200

Coach: Bob Slover

Training Facility: Los Gatos High School

High School/City/State: Lakeland – San Jose, California

College Attended: UCLA

Age/Grade When You Started Vaulting: 7th Grade, 12 years old

Pole Vault Best In High School: 17' 3/4"

Other events: High Jump - 6' 3", Long Jump - 20' 7"

Pole Vault Best In College: 18' 7.5"

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What would you consider your strengths?
Work ethic, mental toughness and lifting (explosive strength).

What would you consider your weaknesses?
Running mechanics.

What is your present emphasis in training?
Running mechanics, speed, strength (Oly. lifts).

What would you consider the 3 most important tips for High School Vaulters?
1. Learn world class technique before trying to hold world class grips. (I jump my first 17' holding 14' 8")
2. Train your butt off. Train like a sprinter.
3. Invest in a video camera. The video camera is the vaulter's coach & the coach's coach.
4. Watch as much video of world class vaulters as you can stand.

Additional helpful comments for beginning vaulters:
Jump 4 to 5 days per week. Watch as much video of world class vaulters as you can stand. If you train your brain how to vault it will be that much easier for you to perform proper technique while actually vaulting in practice.

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