Pole Vault

Athlete Documents & Resources

Fort Osage Specific

• Practice Format Pole Vault 2025 (General Practice Format)

• Current Fort Osage Pole Vaulters  |   2025 Marks

• Fort Osage Pole Vault Inventory

Learning Documents for the Pole Vault

• Metric Conversions Pole Vault and High Jump

• Compilation of sites to learn the pole vault

• Suggested Reading Material for the Pole Vault (Snead's Drive Folder)

• Instructional Documents Pole Vault (From Coaching Clinics Snead has attended )

• Todd Cooper Step Chart   |   Updated Fort Osage

Learning Videos for the Pole Vault

• • • Pole Vault Instructional Videos Playlist @FortTrackSnead

    • Pole Vault Problem Solving (Prezi)

    • How to Invert (Part 1 & 2)

    • Roll Back Handstand (Explained)

Pole Vault Getting Started 

• Video Representation Beginner to State (Joslyn Snead Yr. 1)

• 001 Pole Vault Introduction (Introduction Videos)

  • Grip, Carry, Run, Plant

• 002 Characteristics of a Pole Vault Pole

• 003 Plant Drills 3-2-1 Lift Pop

• 004-005-006 Running Drills, Sand Drills, Open Runway

Pole Vault Instructional Videos

• Pole Vault Drills (New Additions 2024)

• Sam Kendricks (Key Steps to the vault)

• How to Improve your vault with drills

• 3 Drill to become a better pole vaulter

  • Pole Drop  - Take off Tall & High  -  Chest forward

• A Minimalist Approach to Training Pole Vaulters

• On the Back, On the Side Drills (Grip for )

• Swing Up Tutorials

• Swing and Turn (Backline talk)

• Pole Vault Plant the Pole Team Hoot

• Take-off-step is not that important hahahah

• How to Invert (Hoot)

• Holding lower to vault higher

• Wide vs Narrow grip

• Invert Drills (Hoot)

• Pole Vault Drills (Playlist)

• Joslyn Snead 9 month Progression