Glen- thanks a lot for the reply, and sorry to take so long to
respond. As far as technique is concerned, if I felt confident on my
penultimate, I would have excellent form over the bar, but I would
have this only when my penultimate was perfect. I guess this is a
function of the approach, and my approach was changing a lot this
past year. Our coach has us measure 13' wide from the standard, and
then run back 10 steps along a curve while staying within 13' wide.
I used Todd Acheson's website to calculate a more precise approach,
and used an approach that was about 49' x 13'. I had a lot of
trouble jumping with this approach in practice,
And felt like it would be comfortable to just jump with no approach.
Doing this, I found out that I could clear my college PR with a
stuttering 4-5 step approach from a random starting point. I was
usually taking off at a reallly high angle, like 50+ degrees, and was
basically starting in the middle of the apron. I was running faster
at takeoff when I used this 4 step casual approach than I was with a
measured 10 step approach. SO, the root of all issues seemed to be
approach problems. Any ideas or advice you would have on working
with these issues would be greatly appreciated. You, and several
others here, were a great help to me back in high school when I had
no coaching, and I'm sure any advice you have now will help a lot.
Thanks again,

Cody



--- In highjump@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Stone" <glen@s...> wrote:
> Cody,
>
> The approach is critical to the takeoff and flight dynamics. What
> approach is your coach having you use (dimensions)? What is
happening
> during your flight? What is hitting the bar? What has more
clearance
> over the bar?
>
> Glen Stone