In the spring of my sophomore year I decided to rejoin the track team. After the first week, I noticed a new coach was on the far side of the football field working with a few kids teaching them to pole vault, so I went over and started to learn the basics of vaulting. A few practices went by, and my coach thought it was time for the beginners to start vaulting with a bar. My first attempt was an utter disaster; my back hit the bar and I fell straight down onto it, where it left a pretty sizeable bruise. Ted, my coach reassured me that I’d get the hang of it after more practice. Weeks and meets went by and I still hadn’t cleared a bar. What was I doing wrong?
I began to seriously think about quitting to focus on my other events, so asked
I began to seriously think about quitting to focus on my other events, so asked