Vertical Minds - Pole Vault (Part 2 of 2)

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The second half of 14 minute documentary about pole vaulting and the mental challenges athletes must overcome to be successful in the sport. The video features interviews with some of the best up and coming vaulters as well as long time pole vault guru's including Rick Baggett and Fred Arnold. Vaulter interviews include Justin Norberg, Erin Asay, Jon Takahashi, Jessie Gallaher, Melissa Sakowski and Coach Andy Steben.

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Producer / Director / Editor

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• pole
• vault
• track
• and
• field
• mental
• toughness
• sports
• psychology
• vaulting
• vaulter
• women's
• men's
• elite

[Gcracker1595]

Great video, I'm on my second year pole vaulting and I am currently working on bending the pole, any suggestions? My PR is 9ft

[lriglegna]

@Gcracker1595 There are a lot of drills for learning to bend the pole. A good one is getting a smaller pole and taking it from 3 or 4 lefts approach. Emphasize pushing UP with both arms and land standing on the mat. Also do plenty of pole plants up against a wall with correct form l to really ingrain that muscle memory of pushing up and keeping your body away from the pole.

[mrhelp37]

@brandibbear09 What state do you live in?

[lriglegna]

@mrhelp37 I live in Oregon but at the time I lived in California where most of this video was shot.

[mjc412792]

Is a PR of 9 or 9.6 good? Please be honest. This is my first year of pole vaulting

[lriglegna]

For your first year, absolutely. The great thing about pole vault is that it isn't all about comparing or matching yourself up against others but about pushing yourself to your limits and trying to better your own marks.

[CharlesWII]

if i could vanquish one thing from this earth, it wouldn't be poverty starvation or war, it would be vaulter's block. lol

[JBatJJ]

damn vaulters block, great video

[adambaumann00]

See i doubt my self when i tried to jump 12.6 in my high school meet, i play football so i dont get to practice at all. I need form. Iv got 12ft with no great form. What can i do to better my form?

[bpalm93]

at 2:01 of the video, look at the vaulter in the back. looked like he/she almost died..

[psychability]

i love to polevault. but back in my season i did this weird scissor kick over the bar. i need to fix it cuz my coach gets angry at me

[kirby3264]

this is really helpful! i had conference recently and i was having a very off day and wasent clearing anything and this made me feel soo much better! thanks for posting

[Mirrorflip]

@lriglegna Hi, its also my first year of vaulting. Im still trying to get the millions of steps down. i was wondering if you could maybe find a good video of someone in slow motion , i havent been able to find a good one. Thanks