It’s rare to find a striker who, having played against both Manchester United and Manchester City, can’t entirely remember whether they scored against them. Holly Bleasdale is atypical for other reasons. The one-time poacher for Euxton Girls FC (“They used to kick the ball as far as they could towards…
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…
Anyone who was at Sutton Arena in Carshalton on Sunday 9th December would be forgiven for thinking that they had inadvertently crossed the space time continuum on route to the centre and got caught up in some sort of time warp. The centre was awash with pole vaulters from across…
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…
On July 11, 2012, new UNO athletic director Derek Morel announced that he had made his first hire. Ty Sevin, a native of Cut Off, Louisiana, is the head coach for the university’s newly reinstated track and field program. Sevin will oversee six teams: the men’s and women’s cross country…
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Steve Hooker sat on the ground beside the pole vault runway, not 10 metres from where his friends, and fellow daredevils, were lifting off. When the women’s 1500m started, he stood near the track to scream his encouragement for Russian girlfriend Ekaterina Kostetskaya. Yet, through the warm-up, and the 52…
PHOENIX — Twelve years ago Nick Hysong won Olympic Gold in the Men’s Pole Vault Final at the Olympic games. Hysong, who grew up in Winslow, Arizona, set a personal best that day with a jump of 5.90 meters. He appeared on Good Morning Arizona to chat about his friend…
