*The Topper doesn't hang on anything. It attaches to the bottom of your pole and either foot. The stretched bungee shows you the direct line of force between those two points. To be most efficient, your hands and body should turn around that line and stay close to it.

*When you do your pop up drills you should finish in an extended position next to and in line with your pole. This is the start position of the Topper drill. Even when you vault with bend in the pole, you should wait until your pole almost straightens completely and you should be in an inverted extended body position in line with your pole. This is the beginning of the Topper drill. This is where most vaulters fall off the vertical line of thrust coming from the recoiling pole.

*The Topper helps the vaulter feel and develop the balance between the bottom of the pole (or base of support) and the lead foot (or direction of thrust) while building strength to rise directly up the line of the pole. The elastic resistance mimics the recoiling pole giving the vaulter the proper timing coming off the pole.

*No other pole vault training device does these things.

*Use it every time you vault. Feel the beginning position of the Topper drill and try to get to that position when you vault. The rest should be the Topper drill.