How do we develop javelin throwers?

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Funny Pole Vault Story

So, my buddy on the track team (a year older, but he went to the same grade school and his sister and i were pals) was an excellent high school pole vaulter.

I was doing high jump and long jump. In my junior year, i was high jumping about 6'5". (Which was pretty good for a kid 5'7".)

Anyway, we're at a meet during warmups and he tells me i should try pole vault. Now, i don't have the upper body strength he had. Not by a long shot! (He could do 300 pushups, and then go do pull ups with ease.)

I take a run and the pole hits the box, and i didn't even bend the pole enough to get off the ground. When he gets down laughing, he gives me a tip. So i try again.

I barely clear the bar, set at 8 feet, and hit my heels on it and knocked it over. I could jump over a bar 77 inches up with no help and couldn't do 84 inches with the stupid pole in my hands. I decided that was not my event!