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
Brazil’s Fabiana Murer celebrates after winning the pole vault event during the Brazil Athletics Trophy event, on June 9, 2013. Murer has already obtained the pass to the World Championship in Moscow, Russia, in August. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso) FROM: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-06/10/c_132446099.htm
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…
Jessie Johnson (Argyle, Texas) 1st Texas Regions; 1st State; 13-6 Emily Brigham -11 (Mill Valley, Kansas) 1st Kansas Region; 1st State; 1st Great Southwest; 13-7 Sydney White (Kernersville, North Carolina) 2nd New Balance Indoors; 1st State; 3rd New Balance Nationals; 2nd USA Juniors; 13-3 ½ Alyssa McBride (Bryan, Ohio) 1st…
Vaulter Shawn Barber was the top choice as number one, garnering 8 of 18 votes from the Track and Field News panel, but sprinter Tyreek Hill edged him by 2 points for Athlete of the Year honors, the smallest margin ever. No vaulter has won since 2003. . Shawn Barber (Kingswood,…
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…
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VAULTER Magazine has launched a complete line of pole vaulting pole skins for your pole vault poles. Right now we are loading the other pole skin products, but the Bamboo edition is already loaded and ready to go. STORE
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…
