In the last video I went over the 6 major elements of the pole vault take-off, so if you haven’t already, please check that out first. Assuming you have watched that, we can now look at some drills to help learn and improve the take-off.
- The first take-off drill is the jump up drill.
- Once the vaulter gets the idea of jumping up off the ground for take-off, they can then add the pole and the plant.
- The third drill I have vaulters do to practice the take-off is the sand vault or in this case the turf vault, and within this category of drills, there is a progression that I typically use.
- Once the vaulter is comfortable with the turf vault drill variations and doing them correctly, they can move to the pole vault pit.
Pole vault instructional videos.