How fun is it pole vaulting during the spring time in Northern Illinois?! I hope you can sense the sarcasm. I can only speak to this time of the year in Illinois, but I’m sure that this blog post will resonate with many pole vaulters from different regions across the country. Before you dive into this blog, please understand, as…
If you don’t know by now, pole vaulting is a slightly expensive sport! With the crazy supply chain bottlenecks and inflation exploding in 2022, pole vaulting poles prices are taking off and sending some pole vault poles price over $1,000 per pole (plus $150-$200 shipping)!!!! Although it is expensive, we love to pole vault, and pole vaulting poles bring us…
When interviewing American record holder Sam Kendricks on episode twelve of the One More Jump Podcast, Sam talks about the importance of keeping a pole vaulting journal of his workouts and meets as a pole vault equipment for him to reflect on and track his improvement. I can also testify that logging or journaling my workouts helped produce my best…
Do you know what is better than pole vaulting in high school? college pole vaulting!!! A lot of people think that only the most elite high school pole vaulters can pole vault in college, but that just isn’t true. There are so many schools out there and they each have unique requirements and serve athletes of many different ability levels.…
So…Sometimes pole vaulting can be frustrating. Did you know that? Of course you did. Well, having grown up and pole vaulted in the wonderful (insert sarcastic grin) Illinois spring weather conditions, we know that vaulting outdoors in March, April, and May can accelerate this frustration. One strategy we have used throughout the years is playing pole vaulting GAMES!!!! This…
