Beginning with a series of pool drills to develop effective form, Minnesota assistant coach Carolina White, also a 2x All American vaulter, teaches you how to clear the bar and fly-away. You will see essential body positioning in each stage of the take-off and flight with clear, step-by-step instruction. Athletes…
Pole vaulting looks almost impossible to the uninitiated, but with practice and proper technique, it can be done. This video from About.com will show you the basics of how to pole vault FROM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt_asA5zWzc
Renaud Lavillenie has seen it all and won it all. But the Frenchman insists his appetite for success is as strong as ever. The unassuming Frenchman’s gold run is as impressive as they come in track and field. It began back in March last year with World Indoor gold in…
Former British pole vault record holder Kate Dennison has announced her retirement from athletics. The 28-year-old finished sixth at the World Championships in 2009 and won bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. But her London 2012 Olympic campaign ended in disappointment when she dropped out after injuring herself trying to clear…
Russia’s Sevetlana Feofanova says the poor placement of the pole vault area not only prevented her from doing well at the London Olympics, but also led to a serious injury. “It was a strange Olympics for me as it ended without actually being able to begin,” Feofanova told Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. “I…
Suhr, who also came in first place at the AVIVA Grand Prix in Birmingham on Sunday, was second behind Yelena Isinbayeva in Beijing four years ago. Earlier this month she exceeded that performance pushing, the Russian into third place with a winning jump of 4.75m, five centimeters shorter than she…
NEW DELHI: Naturally, Vijaypal Singh would dearly love to meet and congratulate the man who broke his national pole vault record of 5.10 metres set over a quarter century ago. KP Benin, with the help of a borrowed fibre glass pole, leaped 5.13m in the Inter-Railway meet at the Tantya…
Okay. So pole vault is a freaky sport. It’s tough, it’s dangerous, and it is damn impressive. But man, is it terrifying to watch! I actually dabbled in it during my high school years, but that didn’t make watching other vaulters any less stressful. The anxiety came back when viewing…
By 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 8, competition had ceased at the qualifying round of the men’s pole vault in Olympic Stadium in London. With 32 vaulters beginning the competition, the round had been long and grueling. As vaulters tire, the possibility for injury increases dramatically. One vaulter had already stunned…
Russian pole vaulting star Elena Isinbayeva will continue to compete until the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, her coach said in an interview with R-Sport. After winning a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, the 30-year-old athlete told Russian media that she wanted to compete in the next Olympics.…
