These are the things I think are most important about the pole vault: good coach proper selection of poles physical attributes–always work on improving weakest link no injuries speed strength plant/takeoff technique The rest will take care of itself. Tye Harvey Elite Polevaulter
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Continue ReadingTerms Periodization- Cycle of training mixing work and recovery with a goal in mind. Cycle- Units of work time Macrocycle- Large cycle up to 12 months in duration Mesocycle- Within a macrocycle, work directed at a specific developmental objective 3-6 months in duration Microcycle- 14 days of focused training Volume- Amount of work, distance, duration [...]
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Continue ReadingMiddle Distances races are the; 800m and the 1500. The long distance races are anything from above the 1500m. Distance running is very different to sprinting. When you sprint you start very quickly and carry on going fast. If you do that when you run distances you will soon find out that you shouldn’t have [...]
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Continue ReadingThe jumps include the long jump, the triple jump and the high jump. The jumps are normally done by people who specialize in these events. All though young people do what ever they want to, as they properly haven’t specialized in anything yet. The triple jump is sometimes not done by young people as it [...]
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Continue ReadingThe sprints include the events, 60m (indoors), 100m, 200m, 300m and the 400m. Sprinting events have vigorous muscle movements so warming up properly is very important, also doing the right drills can are very important. If the drills and warming up is not done then injury is bound to appear. You have been warned! See [...]
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Continue ReadingHigh School Kenny Hall, 16.72, 54- 10 1/4 NCAA Keith Connor, 17.57, 57-7.75 Olympic Jonathan Edwards, 18.29, 60-0.25
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Continue ReadingHigh School Michael Carter, 81′3 NCAA Ryan Whiting, 21.73m Olympic Randy Barnes, 23.12m
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Continue ReadingHigh School Tommi Viskari, 73.74, 241-11 NCAA Patrik Bodén, 89.10, 292-4 Olympic Jan Zelezny, 98.48 meters
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Continue ReadingHigh School Jacob Freeman, 253′03″ NCAA Balázs Kiss’, 81.94, 268-1op Olympic Youri Georgiyevich Sedykh, 86.74 meters (the following video is not the record, but the same man who was close to beating his record again; I could not find the original)
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Continue ReadingLevel: Intermediate Program Goal: A strength, power, and muscle program for those who are no longer beginners. When an athlete has considerable strength such as they can bench press there own body-weight and squat/dead-lift twice there body-weight. Good to follow after a beginner program. Recommended to not change anything in the program. MondaySquat, 5×5 Ramp [...]
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