Updates on Mondo Duplantis and siblings

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby KirkB » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:26 am

My bad. Fixed.
Run. Plant. Jump. Stretch. Whip. Extend. Fly. Clear. There is no tuck! THERE IS NO DELAY!

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby duppawpaw » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:53 pm

an update on progress to date.
Andreas 15 years old 15'6" la.regional 4/29/09 (he will be 16 05/02/09)
Antoine 12 years old 10'2". (only 1 meet outdoors so far)
Armand "Mondo" 10'0" new 9 year old world record.( actually better than 10 yr. old w.r.)
Johanna 5'0" new 6 year old girls w.r.
15+12+9=36 15'6"+10'2"+10' is 35'8'' we have 4 more inches to go for the brothers to jump their combined ages.
more to follow as summer progresses.

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby TheBlueShadow » Fri May 08, 2009 4:49 pm

Thanks for the update. :)

I have three boys (11-9-8 years). I'm trying to get them excited about vaulting. I have pits in my backyard and I occasionally take them the the HS when I'm coaching there. They like to tinker around with it, but after a while it becomes work and they lose interest. Can you give me any idea's to motivate them?

Thank you :)
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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby KirkB » Fri May 08, 2009 4:57 pm

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink. :yes:

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby duppawpaw » Sat May 09, 2009 11:56 am

I agree with kirk. I had 3 sons, Robert vaulted 1 year at lsu , greg vaulted 20 years , chris won his first meet as a high school freshman and quit. Duppawpaw

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sat May 09, 2009 12:44 pm

TheBlueShadow wrote:Thanks for the update. :)

I have three boys (11-9-8 years). I'm trying to get them excited about vaulting. I have pits in my backyard and I occasionally take them the the HS when I'm coaching there. They like to tinker around with it, but after a while it becomes work and they lose interest. Can you give me any idea's to motivate them?

Thank you :)


The important thing is that you just keep it fun. In the long term, it matters little how much they vault right now. But their motivation and attitude toward the event right now are important.

If they want to come to the track, let them come out. If they want to pole vault, great! If not, let them go try the high jump or the shot put or the hurdles or whatever they feel like.

Also, think about buying the NeoVault DVDs. That might get them fired up :)

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby Erica » Sun May 10, 2009 8:10 pm

15+12+9=36 15'6"+10'2"+10' is 35'8'' we have 4 more inches to go for the brothers to jump their combined ages.

C'mon Antoine, you can do it! :D

Congrats to Andreas for winning the Louisiana State meet! Way to go!

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby VaultPurple » Thu May 14, 2009 12:04 am

just saw this on youtube....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__8SxzJr9no

Andreas jumping 15'6 and giving 16 a good look. But it looks like he's only holding around 13'6 so thats a heck of a push off for that low of a grip.

anyone know the stats on those jumps? pole length, weight, grip

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby duppawpaw » Thu May 14, 2009 9:09 am

Andreas uses 15' 185 or 190# poles. he holds @ about 14'

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby Erica » Sun May 17, 2009 8:22 pm

Mondo broke his own world record vaulting 10'1" on Saturday at Mardi Gras Track Club's Pole Vault Meet of Champions!!

Great job, Mondo!

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon May 18, 2009 1:33 pm

Video of Mondo clearing 10'1": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4xqMlbF00E

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Re: Duplantis Brothers AND Johanna

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu May 21, 2009 2:22 pm

Finally, some video of Johanna! Videos says 5'0 but Greg thinks it is 4'9" in this jump. She has jumped 5'0" in a meet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az8iGmz6tQ8




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