Pole vaulting is a highly technical sport that incorporates a series of precise events to achieve the final result. When training for or coaching the sport, an understanding of basic physics is essential. Your speed and how you transfer your speed to the pole is extremely important, profoundly impacting…
LINSCHOTEN, the Netherlands — Years ago, the story goes, Dutch farmers crossed the canals dividing their fields by vaulting over them with a pole, since bridges were few and far between. This apparently never translated into Olympic glory in the pole vault, but it did give rise to a sport…
