This information-packed presentation features one of the county's most prolific high school pole vault coaches, Tim Reilly.

Coach Reilly outlines the realities of coaching an 11 week high school season and the challenges this poses for successfully coaching the pole vault event. He touches on recruiting the best possible athletes for the event, having a system in place to simultaneously work with experienced and beginning vaulters, and coaching with safety at the forefront of every aspect of the event.

Reilly breaks his classroom discussion into six segments:

• An 8-phase Safety Protocol - This information is at the heart of the pole vault coach's certification program Reilly was instrumental in developing in Washington.
• Metronome Principal - A clear and easy way to understand the physics of the pole vault.
• Four Foundations of Success - An invaluable narrated film analysis of the four fundamentals for success in the pole vault--approach, plant, take-off and follow through.
• Team Training - Learn essential strategies for daily team training including managing rainy days, injury days and windy days.
• Meet Preparation - Includes a quiz to help athletes with pole selection and pole management at meets.
• Common Bad Habits - Learn to correct four of the most common "bad habits" for vaulters.
• Practice Schedule - Reilly breaks down the 11-week season into a four cycle flow. With each cycle, he presents an example of a complete week of lesson plans for his practice routine. Reilly also includes how he peaks his athletes for the championship phase of the season.

• Approach Drills (18 drills). Progress from simple walking single leg drills and sequencing through a progression that ends with a complete approach with the pole drop into a sliding box plant.
• Plant Drills and Plant Sequence Drills (10). Plant drills begin at the most elementary level in the sand and progress to a 3-step with ¬ swing. The plant sequence drills include a 4-drill teaching sequence.
• Take-Off Drills (8). These drills are designed to give the pole vaulter the feeling of a long jump style take-off and focus on getting the athlete to transition the horizontal approach velocity to a vertical take-off impulse.
• Follow Through Drills (6). This drill progression is designed to assist the vaulter in building the sensation of a stretched out and firm body position when transitioning from the take off into the pre-swing position.
• Swing Drills (7). This drill progression begins on the hi-bar and rings before progressing into the swing and turn on a straight, then bending pole.
• Strength Development Drills (27). Reilly's pole vault specific strength development is designed to be carried out predominately on the track rather spending a great deal of time in the weight room.

160 minutes (2 DVDs). 2011.

With over 30 years of experience, Bell provides a systematic approach toward teaching the pole vault. He shows coaches and athletes a proper warm-up, correct pole runs, the importance of a high plant at a high speed, how to get "into the pocket", the "C" position, pole carry, the swing, good pole selection, adjustments to make, several drills, and workouts and weight training.

1991. 34 minutes.

Special Appearance by Earl Bell; 1998 National Olympic Coach of the Year

Establish and reinforce good habits in your vaulters using this simple, safe training progression.

This pole vaulting DVD begins with a technique progression appropriate for any level of pole vaulter. Along with his own demonstrations, Hartwig is joined by a high school boy and girl to demonstrate each progression.

The technique progression includes:

• Grip and Carry: Learn to mark your pole for grip consistency and jump-to-jump adjustments. Establish the proper grip and carry position.
• Pole Plant: Ensure a confident and safe take-off by maintaining balance on the pole. Hartwig teaches basic walkovers, illustrates proper body alignment in relation to the pole and provides coaching tips to ensure your vaulters are properly balanced.
• Approach and Take-off: No need to stand in line for the pole vault pit. Get your vaulters more approach reps by learning to train on the track. In addition, Hartwig shows how to train vaulters using a progression of short run approaches, how to correct common take-off errors and how to safely train vaulters with their speed and body under control.

Throughout the technical progressions, Hartwig shares invaluable coaching tips such as to how progress your vaulter as they improve.

In Part 2 of this presentation, Hartwig demonstrates 36 exercises that he incorporates into his pole vault specific training program. These exercises fall into five categories: Hurdle Mobilities (6 drills), Core Exercises (15), Med Ball Exercises (9), High Bar Exercises (3) and Weight Lifting Exercises (3).

Hartwig then takes you through the four training cycles that make up a season.

Hartwig lays out a detailed training schedule for each cycle. The schedule includes a weekly plan and specific daily workouts. In addition, he shows the vaulting skill set that is appropriate for each phase of the cycle.

As an added bonus Hartwig introduces his coach--the legendary Earl Bell--to present a technical analysis of the vaulting Hartwig does in each of the four training cycles. Hartwig and Bell deliver priceless tips and techniques throughout this commentary.

This is THE most comprehensive combination of teaching, coaching, training, and planning that has ever been produced for pole vaulting.

129 minutes. 2010.

Coach Lomax presents progressive drill sequences that start slow and easy and progress in both speed and skill difficulty. Beginning with approach skills, Lomax teaches a walk-skip-hop progression utilizing a short 4-foot pole. He proceeds to pole press and pole drop techniques before adding the approach to the plant and press. This leads into a 3-stride drill followed by a 6-stride drill. Next, Lomax moves to a sand pit to drill the plant and ride over with a short approach. The final sequence of the drill progression is the short approach into the box and pit. Lomax concludes with full vault demonstrations. Lomax also includes a dynamic warm-up and stretch routines that are specific for the pole vault.

66 minutes. 2009.

In this comprehensive Tips & Drills DVD, Coach Licari presents 25 teaching tools for coaching the pole vault. Licari believes that a successful vault begins with proper pole carry and approach. The standing tip drop and the marching pole carry are excellent fundamental drills that are taught and demonstrated. The initial steps are developed with the mini hurdle pole run drill. Sled pulling conditions the athlete and works on the driving and pushing action. Licari next details the proper pole carry position by showing hand and shoulder position. He then shares the three-step plant and breaks down each step culminating in the pole at its highest position above the head. Planting the pole is taught through the marching plant drill followed by the three-step approach drill to execute a proper pole plant. Long jumping is part of the short pole drill with an emphasis on the leg action and the take off mechanics. Licari's "over the tip" exercise, assists the vaulter to accurately determine the position of the hands on the pole. Power comes from the chest drive and Licari shares several drills to increase strength when the pole is planted. The stall technique is used in drill work to emphasize high hands and chest drive. Using rings, the athlete works on the rock back motion and quarter turn. He finishes with horizontal vaults and the short run vault drills.

41 minutes. 2007.