This, especially the pole vaulter at the end, is nothing short of incredible.

What happened to the steel pole era? This era isn't even mentioned. Also, there must have been some incredible accidents when the wood/bamboo snapped. Those early pioneers, like the top vaulters today, are part elite athlete and part daredevil.

@mantexas9033

5 жыл бұрын

DERF REGNA we'll see about that

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017

5 жыл бұрын

+Ferdorski I suppose as long as everyone is using the same gear, but it does seem like the slingshot poles would give unfair advantage to heavier/stronger vaulters vs. graceful ones.

@billthebrown

5 жыл бұрын

it was aluminum

@et5222

4 жыл бұрын

My first pole was Swedish Steel, it was damage (and free) so I sawed if off at 10' to vault in backyard at age 12. Pit was tires, raw bed springs, old matresses.

@joeadair3906

2 жыл бұрын

By steel you mean aluminum right? I’m old enough to remember them going from bamboo to aluminum but not for long before fiberglass came out then carbon… I remember when the “Cloud 9” was the thing to land on… lol was quite an improvement over sawdust. Me… I was a shot putter … LOL

I was pole vaulting in the 60's and using aluminium poles into a sand pit. The only thing that got you over the bar was your upper body strength and speed. I loved it.

This misses so many eras. Heck, the 60’s alone would take 15 minutes alone.

They had to land on sand omg

@davidedmundson8402

6 жыл бұрын

Sand? Never saw sand in a pole vault pit. Before the mid-60s we used sawdust (actually more like wood shavings or chips). Your landing technique was probably more important than your vaulting technique.

@dogbig02

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it is true. In 1960 the pole vault, and high jump pits were both sand. Our one and only pole was Swedish steel.

0:48 clearly bamboo in the “wood era”

@kurtfrancis4621

Жыл бұрын

Yes, bamboo era was definitely in by the 1920s

Such an awesome historical video ! - JG

nice video, i was reading about the records since 1920 and i wanted to see a progression video perfect just like this one, well done

Huffman's technique looked awesome! first time i've seen pole vaulting look interesting :)

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

Vesemann ...,,,did he train with JAN JOHNSON the pole vaulting master of masters at 1 time at Jan .J'zzzz place in Atascadero CA...,,,

The Scott Huffman technique is so beautiful...Even though Bubka was better.

@giuseppenero110

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a showboat thing for the american beach crowds without better results

@larrycastiglione1748

2 жыл бұрын

@@giuseppenero110 He cleared 5.97. Hardly showboating.

No mention of Rev.Bob Richard's, clearing 16feet, and the first successful use of the fiberglass pole. Good video. Thanks.

In the 80's I was a high school vaulter. I learned to vault from Rick Attig at his camp. On my own I came to use the same sort of pole bending before the takeoff foot and locked left arm technique in this vid. This is, of course very contrary to the Russian orthodoxy of the long jump type of takeoff. I tend to think it allows the leg to continue energizing the pole. This trick is not getting ripped back by the pole...

Yes, you're right. I guess that the aluminium era was in the same time than the steel era... but I have no vids or picts of this era (hahaha). Thanks for your precision

Fantástico ! Conteúdo muito rico. Saltei entre 1984 a 1988 aqui no Brasil. Muita saudade...

Sand instead of mattress? crazy!

@giuseppenero110

4 жыл бұрын

Sand was cheaper!

@EvergreenOliviaTV

4 жыл бұрын

brutal! stuntmen

@randynelson6628

4 жыл бұрын

The ones landing in sand weren't going as high. Modern poles are much more flexible so people go much higher.

cool video, combining old and new

Great video, Oh yes the famous Huffman Roll. Note Scott only did that when his jump was off. His master of his body is amazing that's why I believe he's on here. Then I'm bias to Kansas Vaulting. Rock Chalk.

thanks for sharing this cool video! I always wondered how could huffman develop such "particular" technique... if a normal "fly-away" over the bar has a degree of difficulty i cant imagine doing it with that technique... but as said... it worked for him so it was fine, apart from the records & techniques huffman, bubka and many others made pole vault during the 90s the greatest pole vault era of all times... It will never be the same without those guys

Thanks for your critical point of view. About Huffman, it's more a ;) than a real tribute... the background message is the following: "Technique is important to add energy into the pole during the vault and to recover it during the extension of the pole. But don't focus on the technique" And the "Huffman's roller" is a good illustration, I think. Moreover, the Huffman's part was made also to reply for a high number of comments in a previous video... "who's this pole vaulter?" Regards PVjules

The Huffman Bubka debate is interesting. Obviously Bubka was the more dominant vaulter of the era. He was also a fair bit taller than Huffman which is a great advantage. Bubka was revered for his runway speed, achieving 10m/sec one out of six vaults. Although not measurably faster, Huffman was more consistent, achieving 10m/sec 5 out of 6 times. Crazy fast. I forget if it was Tarasov or Trandenkov, but one of those guys saw the genius of the Huffman roll & tried to learn it to no avail.

Many thanks. I don't know if you read the description of the video (right and up into the screen), but I explain that there is not just ONE technique to be a great athlete... we have to follow some basic biomechanics rules to vault higher. To resume, each athlete could have more or less its own technique. And I think that Hoffmann is a good example in this way. That's why I use "master"...He's a former US pole vault record holder, no? I think it's great and high. PVjules

There's no doubt that hoffman is the master of a strange way to vault, and for that i think he's one of the boldest and greatest vaulters ever :D Yeah it's great when people can have a civil debate about pole vaulting, really enjoyable. :-) i'm looking at the link as we speak...

And now it is the Duplantis era!

@PVjules

4 жыл бұрын

True... update needed. Just wait the end of his indoor season before doing a new video.

Landing on sand! These were tough people!

I can imagine the difference it makes as to how high they can go has changed significantly with how the pole flex flings them today. It's like a big spring anymore. Looks like they were just rigid wooden poles when they started.

Any advice on what pole to buy for a very heavy beginner? (Weigh 100 kg. and cannot vault much higher than 7 feet.) Want to try decathlon but clearly need to get better than this.

How about tracking the development of the cushioned pit?

@tbenjaminkx42 Yes I watched few ones. Look on youtube at the Donetsk meeting where Bubka set the indoor WR (1993). Huffmann was in that field and made vaults with a classical technique. You see him at 1'03 (planting box); at 2'24 (beside Bubka in the press conference) and at 4'40 (first vault);

@emmariddoch6941

4 жыл бұрын

U should update this with Mondo

Maybe my message is not really clear... Huffman is one vaulter, who's managed to show that there is not only ONE "perfect" technique in pole vault. he managed to be efficient with is own technique. In this way, he is a master. Sure, Bubka is still the big boss ;) Cheers

Yeah hoffman is awesome, anyone who can jump over 6m has to be doing something right - especially when you do it in such an emphatic way - but at the end of the day the master of pole vault, any aspect of pole vault, is generally going to be considered to be bubka. After all, he's jumped higher than anyone else ever has. That's why i was saying that 'hoffman's the master' is a pretty controversial opinion. Not wrong, just controversial. :) Again, awesome video, thanks.

Hey, If you watch the video until the end you will find the name of all musics. Regards, PVjules

@PVjules Have you ever seen film of huffman not using the roll? His petrov over the bar model was beeautiful

great move!

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

amp3cx10000a7jp Q...when did he start this style of the top of the jump....he comes so close to waking the cross bar off...Awsome stuff...,,,

And now Mondo has passed Bubka as the new pole vault star. 6.18 meters is the world record at the time of writing. 🇸🇪🇺🇸

What was the old song?? Thanks!

What was the song? Thanks!!!

Yes, I agree with you, the master in pole vault... is BUBKA. No doubt about his supremacy!! About Huffman, maybe I should write:"Huffmann the master of strange way to vault or the master of exploring a new way of fly..." ;-) Thank you for watching my vids and hardly/seriously comment it. I think it's great to discuss about pole vault. Did you see my website (follow the link with the descritpion of the video). Schüss PVjules

Make you wonder if anything but technology has really improved. What could those wood guys do today?

I know their knees got really messed up

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

Antonio Nguyen & there Ankells & feet...they had some funky old track spikes

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

Antonio Nguyen ....,,,knees , face ect...,,,,Gods of the pv game...,,,

Wow, I didn't know they used to jump to fall on a small sand pond! The first videos look more than dangerous in that sense

Huffman is the American master, but never forget Sergei Bubka and his 6.14(outdoor) world record. No one has come close to breaking that record.

@milan650

Жыл бұрын

Duplantis

Beautiful video but how it is possible to make a video on Pole Vault without any kind of mention to Bubka who holded the world record for 30 years?

@giorgiocastelli6335

5 жыл бұрын

Because it is a video about the technique, and not about the great champions of the specialty

also in the description (which i did read the first time i watched) you say "there is not only ONE technique, but just a way to add energy into the pole to vault higher." by that reasoning, whoever jumps the highest should be the master, no? And who jumped the highest :P? That was the logic behind my reasoning when i said your decision was controversial - though it is refreshing to have a video which praises someone OTHER than bubka :) Yet again, awesome video, thanks again.

Very cool

any way you put it, falling from great heights is dangerous not to mention getting there on a stick

you change the music , right?

whatttttt. huffman looks like hes hurdling the bar backwards! badass.

This is cool

that's my dad. :] scott huffman.

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

Courtney Huffman Yyy the spinning methodologies...thing $&&& When did he start perfect ing this spinner techniques over the cross bar...I has a few kids 1 at John Marshall H S.of LosFelez Doug Way 11'07'' inch'$ home school all the way ll 10th or 9th Grade,, & 1@t Eagle Rock in L.A.CA Elvis Eldridge 11'06" both did it ok...spinning top over the The Marshall kid Won CIF L.A.CITY SECTION one yrs E.R.H.S. Kid Eldridge his dad Coached em in practice 1once a week .The Dad jumped like 14 in Col or University someWhere back East...The Head Coach at E.R.H.SCREW is a tool a Mr.Martinez...I'd been helping kids with vault since forever zero dollars since 1980$-90'$....real tool said I had to take a NatH.S.fedration test for Coachs Cpr ect dick cheese...poopoo head...

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

Courtney Huffman ....,,,,Awesome...,,,

"The Master" should learn to keep his feet together

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

John Rosalie thats funny

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

John Rosalie point the left foot to the pole tip in vertical possition & do a Bubka roll roatating around the pole aa it comes out of Vertical possition aa pole has a little recoil left in it & the uour gymnastics skills come in too play.....,,,, & Coming off the top of the pole Crusiffiction Style....throw armes up & back & land in pit on your back....,,,Coach Wayne Strubble...Nc.State , SMC Santa Monica CoL Track Club...,,,Chuck Suey Eagle Rock H.s.USC 2nd Blk Pvtrr in History of poleVaulting to clear 18 'ft 1'' inch in Mexicali Mexico..Tom Hinthouse Aviation h.s.Redondo Beach CA 15'09''/18'08 1980 USA OLYMPIC TRIALS GOLD MEDAL CHAMPION & 18' ft - 10'' 1/4 '' in Europe...,,,William bill Whitaker Pali h.s. 13'00'' Santa Monica CoL 15'00''- CalStUnivL.A. 16'00ft Coach John Tansley x Gcc..Bill up at Humbolt State 16'07''...,,,ALL COACH Strubble zzz x . Vaulters Strubble fliet track club Santa Monica Track Club Coach Douglas . Coach Dubas X.Track club Coach of _____#? & #1. SoCalPoleVaultCifLACitySectionPvCoach Robert ROB Gonzalez 16'06 L.A.C.C. Coach Elmer Douglas , Mexico National Team 1984 ., 80'' Olympic trials 18'00ft En La Universidad de Mexicali Mexico D.F...,,,

What about Bubbka!

@sheyannebusche375

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Sylva Renaud Lavenville has jumped higher than Bubbka

@sorrym8421

5 жыл бұрын

@@sheyannebusche375 yes, but bubka paved the way to how we all vault to this day. Including the world record holder.

@steli6490

4 жыл бұрын

Sergej Bubka is indisputably one the most importtant athletes of all time. He sat the standard for todays pole vaulting with his unique speed, power and grip on the pole.

@tomelindsay

4 жыл бұрын

@@steli6490 Bubka was truly amazing and broke the world record 35 times! He topping out at 6.15 meters, a record that stood for almost 21 years until Renaud Lavillenie vaulted 6.16 in 2014. And now we have 20-year-old phenom, Armond Duplantis, that recently vaulted 6.17 and a week later 6.18. This young man is perfection and will dominate the pole vault for years if he stays healthy.

Planting the pole before the plant foot has been a thing for a long time. I think that started with Kozakiewicz back in the 80s.

I always wanted to be a pole valuter, but I wasn't crazy enough to hang on to the bar.

Depends how fast you are and how good your body weight strength is... You'd definitely want a pole with thickness around 180lb if you were looking to bend it a lot. When I started I was on a 12ft 100lb but I was only 11ish. Now I am 15 and moving onto a 14ft 145lb and I weigh 59kg jumping 11ft. Obviously technique and weight will have a large factor on what pole you need...

@sheyannebusche375

5 жыл бұрын

George Grant well 14ft really I’m a 8th grader on a 12 foot 140 pole and jumped 10’6” very very close to 11’

@mantexas9033

5 жыл бұрын

Ian Busche how many pullups can you do with a 45lbs plate hanging from your waist?

1:02 guy was probably hoping that moment would be forgotten and here were are in 2020, the internet really is forever

If Bubka had learned this technique, would he have gone higher?

this would kill your shins. damn...

Incredible it took all those years for someone to think "Why don't we give them some decent padding to land on?"

@spiritofe629

6 жыл бұрын

Real men only need a pile of dirt to land on :-))

@victoredwards0530

6 жыл бұрын

For sure! As a high schooler I vaulted 11 feet 7 inches in 1960, and landed in 4 inches of sand!

10 years later it’s time for an up date

...This is the best freakin sport I've ever heard of?!?! And how am I just now knowing about this, huh?! D8 8DDDD

@jankaant

4 жыл бұрын

On which planet do you live ?

Swedish steel wasn’t very long apparently until they switched to carbon and glass

@OrusOrus58228 but brad walker has the american record but his vaults are awesome

PV - one of the most complicated disciplines in athletics.

Bubka?

Amen...

I'd say its the best looking technique

damn, i'd like to know how the hell Huffman thought of using that technique.

No, youtube delete the music because of author's right. I'll put a new one, but for the moment I have no time, sorry. I understand the author's right, but where is the problem? I make no business with this video. It is just fun. And more, in a way it is also a good advert for the music... isn't it. So, anyway.

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

PVjules....,,,,, thats rough...,,,

Imagine aliens watching humans launching themselves into the air with a stick with no obvious goal. It's a bit weird thinking about it.

Scott Huffman as master? You have to be kidding me! The Bubka-Petrov model is widely accepted as the best and only one man has bested bubka. Do some more research before you make a video new vaulters may look to for tips.

@PVjules

8 жыл бұрын

S. Hoffman as a Master of doing something different... Of course in term of performance Bubka was above aller ôter vaulters.

@jonathanfickle656

8 жыл бұрын

+PVjules then you should probably include him in this. Good video until the end.

@PVjules

8 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan Fickle with time I must recognize that this sequence is a little confusing. Thanks for watching.

@davidedmundson8402

6 жыл бұрын

Huffman's technique at the top mirrors that of the great straddle high jumpers, which allowed them to clear heights which were above their body's center of gravity. In that respect it looks good. It does add complexity to an already complex event.

@erics607

5 жыл бұрын

Or a backwards hurdler if there were a thing.

Even when they were clearing only 4m or so...landing in just a few inches of sand! lol

Guess you are right, haha, but still looks more... scary?

What about the steel era ? What about Serguei Bubka not mentioned not to name others !!!!Still vaulters are acrobats or stuntmen: the have all my respect !

The master is and was sergi bubka . No trailing leg over the bar

Scott Huffman was definitely not the master. He only did the role when he felt that he was underneath the bar. The real Master and the one that set the standard for what a pole vault should look like is Bubka. He set the world record at 6.15 meters and held it for YEARS!

WHOA, who's the crazy, huge guy, at 2:25???? he's massive! haha

Mondo just jumped 6.18 meters, so what’s up now...

@PVjules

4 жыл бұрын

I know. I was there for his last indoor meeting at Clermont Ferrand. Pretty close to brake this 6m19 height.

@Humanpersonname

4 жыл бұрын

PVjules woah! I’m jealous that is so sick!

I like how you talk about someone missing technique and then saying that scott huffman is the master...

great video but saying hoffman's the master? controversial... anyways awesome video

wasn't there also a aluminum era during WWII when we couldn't get bamboo?

Yeah. Bubka is the master.

Don’t you mean “evolution” ?

This is very flawed, you skipped the breef but very important steel pole era and you said Scott Huffman was the master.

@PVjules

6 жыл бұрын

sorry m8 I made the video with ressources I had. I stated Scott H. as a master in finding an other way of pole vaulting.

@sorrym8421

6 жыл бұрын

PVjules Masters don't find another way, Masters are the one's who lay the ground work for the future and that's what bubka did. 99% of vaulters use Bubkas technique, that is why he is the master. However, I respect your opinion.

@sheyannebusche375

5 жыл бұрын

sorry m8 Renaud Lavenville has jumped higher soooo

@sorrym8421

5 жыл бұрын

@@sheyannebusche375 yes... Using a form of Bubka's technique. Lol

Berlin 1936 was in the bamboo era and you're showing Ron Morris in Rome 1960 as the bamboo era when in fact it was the steel era. Numerous other errors.

@victoredwards0530

6 жыл бұрын

I used a bamboo pole from 1958-1960, when I got my first aluminum pole. The bamboo pole was given me by a guy who worked in a rug sales place, and the carpets came wrapped around bamboo poles.

@sorrym8421

5 жыл бұрын

Steel was actually used for a very short period of time and not many people used them.

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2019?

In the early days they used to fall in the dirt

Master? Lavillenie = 6.16 meters. This is the current world record as of March 2018

0:59-1:05 poor guy

Mondo

Warmerdam is still the king of poles

#ѕ¢σтт #вяσ #αмαzιиg

Not even close…

Huffman was successful but with really ugly technique and Bubka was the best of all time. You can't even argue that fact!!

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

John Rosalie bubkas I saw jump indoors in LaaLaa Memorial indoors stadium Sunkist classic he went 19' 19'02''- 19'08'' highest in Us soil at the times 1980??? & Joe Dial , Earl Bell , Billy Olson 19'02'' French guys Quinion 19'07 & a Russian guy they called the Doctor 19'07/08'' Bubka jumped or att 20 ft didn't clear though....A t the beginning of the Sunkissmeet they had some Usc kid start the meet at 14'07'' probably took 40 min to get to 15 ft or higher....took up a boatload of time....Bubkaa did jump till 10:30/11:P.m.,,,11:30 P.m....hes awsome just to watch em worm up...so cool guy...

@sheyannebusche375

5 жыл бұрын

John Rosalie But Renaud Lanville has jumped higher

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aí sim é o verdadeiro Salto com vara em 1936! hoje em dia é tudo Nutela com varas elásticas e colchão pra amortecer a queda 👎

Where is Bubka in this video? Without him, the discussion of the pole vault is like the discussion of the history of rock and pop music without ever mentioning the Beatles. This guy Huffman has ugly technique. It may be original but he should have learned how to push from the pole, not how to spin in the air.

@rodriguezroe7138

6 жыл бұрын

irinmar ....,,, [ { word .} ]...,,,

jean galfione and he isn't massive haha its just the picture

In Sweden, we have teens jumping higher :p

@Lnch4ALion

5 жыл бұрын

Higher than what?

@et5222

4 жыл бұрын

You have a Swedish guy who's "jumped his age in feet" since he was 7.... 21' at age 21 may be the end of this weirdly American record.

it had the makings of a good video, but i don't think you shoulda ended it as a tribute to huffman. personally, i think, had he vaulted normally, he coulda had some records, but he didn't. idk, that's just me, i'm in a bad mood right now so my judgement skills blow anyway )=