The Video Course that accompanies The Pole Vault Toolbox book. If you liked the book, you're going to love the course!
We designed the course with all coaching and athletic skill levels in mind
New coaches and vaulters can learn how to go from holding a pole to clearing bars.
More experienced vaulters and coaches can pick up some new drills and cues to experiment with at the track.
Over 5 hours of footage
- Use it as a teaching tool for your vaulters.
- Video explanations and examples of how the vault works
- Video demonstrations of all the drills from the book (with some extra)
- Alternate cues, drills, and ways to explain different aspects of the vault
The videos are streamed instantly for one year to help you on your pole vault journey.
It comes out to less that $10 a month
(Limit 4 IP addresses per purchase)
Chapter 1 | The Basic Concepts | 24 mins
- The Pole Vault Definitions
- How The Pole Vault Works
- The Pole Vault Cannon
- Pole Vault Equipment Safety
- Pole Vaulter Safety
Chapter 2 | Before we get started | 31 mins
- How to bend the pole
- How to find the bend in the pole
- How to find your run
- How to find your grip
- Understanding flex numbers
- How to mark your poles
- Protecting your poles
- How to use the pole chart for your advantage
Chapter 3 | The Order of Operations | 21 mins
- Pole speed and why it’s important
- The pole vault order of operations explained
- How to use the order of operations
- The three biggest order of operations errors and how to correct them
- How to use the pole vault cheat sheet for making adjustments
Chapter 4 | How to Run | 27 mins
- The goal of the run
- Running without a pole
- Running tall drill series
- Front side mechanics drill series
- How to hold the pole
- Running with a pole
- On the runway progressions
- Stride ladders
Chapter 5 | How to Plant | 37 mins
- The goal of the plant
- Planting tall drill series
- The pole drop
- Planting earl drill series
- Plant elasticity drill series
- What to do with the bottom arm
- Open vs closed shoulder vaulting
- Other drills
Chapter 6 | How to Take-off | 38 mins
- Your take-off step is not that important
- How to find and check your step
- The goal of the take-off
- Skipping drill series
- Skipping with an implement drill series
- The importance of pole runs
- Getting airborne
- Other tools
Chapter 7 | How to Swing | 24 mins
- The goal of the swing
- Swing drills without a pole
- Medicine ball swing drills
- High bar swing drills
- Swinging with a pole drills
- Single vs double leg swings
- Other tools
Chapter 8 | How to Turn | 24 mins
- The goal of the turn
- Caroline White straight pole drill series
- Caroline White bent pole drill series
- Bottle Rockets vs Fireworks
- Swinging with a pole drills
- Underwater pole vaulting for the turn
- Other tools
Chapter 9 | How to Invert | 20 mins
- The goal of the invert
- High bar test to test vaulter strength
- The swunch explained
- Caroline White drills for distance
- The tuck and shoot vs a long trail leg
- How to avoid getting stuck in the bucket and helicoptering
- Other tools
Chapter 10 | How to Pike | 8 mins
- How the body adapts
- The goal of the pike
- Pike drills
- Pike exercises
- Using underwater pole vaulting to improve the pike
- My favorite pike cues
Chapter 11 | Pole Vault Training | 28 mins
- How the body adapts
- How to use adaptations for training
- Why recovery is important
- How I write pole vault training
- Examples of my training ciruits
- The stretch reflex revisited
- The 8 rules I follow when writing pole vault training
- Testing
- A taste of some advanced training
Chapter 12 | The Mental Side of Pole Vault | 25 mins
- What is a mental knot?
- What mental knots look like in the pole vault. (Running through etc)
- How to avoid mental knots
- Fixing mental knots
- How to focus on the process to
- Psychology tools to help you as a pole vaulter
