ALTIS Track & Field Education Series: Coaching The Pole Vault

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Coaching the Pole Vault and congratulations for taking the next step in your education journey to better yourself as a Coaching professional. You now have lifetime access to this curriculum, the contents of which represent the product of decades of coaching experience. Below are a few important details before you get started …


FOREWORD

With a rich history and significant evolution over the past century, the Pole Vault has a colorful past. Add to this the many schools of thought that have shaped the technical evolution of the event, and coaches are faced with a confusing array of opinions, methods and style from which to sift through when striving to learn about the vault. This is where this course aims to help: Our aim is not to disseminate opinion and conjecture, but to provide a balanced, experiencebased and evidencesupported overview of the event. This view will be founded on biomechanical truths, as well as lessons learned from over 40 years coaching of a number of world-class vaulters, interaction with coaches from around the globe, and observation of trends – both past and present.

From this grounding, we will provide you with explanations for the reasons behind technique nuances, and separate ‘style’ from non-negotiable technical truths. Coaching Pole Vault effectively isn’t borne from imitation of the latest and greatest, it comes from a deep understanding of cause and effect, and the application of biomechanical principles. It is our hope that on completion you will have gained this understanding, and be confident with the application of concepts learned within your own environment.

– Dan Pfaff

Editor’s Note: For the purposes of this course, we will discuss the vault from the perspective of a right handed vaulter who’s ‘top hand’ is the right, and ‘bottom hand’ the left. If you coach left handed vaulters, you will simply need to reverse this when coaching or considering a given concept or description.


NEXT STEPS…

1. Familiarize yourself with the course structure

In order to help you progress through the course as effectively as possible, the material is broken up into 12 modules. All modules are live for you to start working through, in series. To progress onto the next module in series, you will find a multiple choice learning check which needs to be completed. The pass mark for completion is 80%, and the test can be retaken multiple times until this mark is achieved.

2. JOIN THE ALTIS Community and introduce yourself

We’ve got a great group of coaches who are taking both this, and our other Courses. Our private Community is where you’ll swap ideas and talk shop. Plus our Staff will be there to answer questions and lend a helping hand. Please now take a minute to visit the page and introduce yourself to the ALTIS Community.

3. KNOW We are here to help

If at any point during your studies you need help or advice, please email our Education Director, Ellie Kormis who will be on hand to assist you. Likewise, we would really value your feedback as you work through the course. All ALTIS courses are living documents, meaning we update them over time – so if there are concepts or content you’d like to see included in future updates let us know. We will keep you posted as we add and update over time.

4. Get started!

Now it’s time to get going! Click on the first link below to begin. We look forward to sharing decades of experience with you and being part of your coaching journey.