Coach David Butler,Houston Texas Coaching Tips

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Are you an Athlete(Avid Pole Vaulter), Coach, or Both?

What is your Personal Best or Your Athletes Best (Basic Background)

1) What is the single most important thing in the Pole Vault?

2) What makes a great approach?

3) What makes a great plant?

4) What makes a great swing up?

5) What makes a great top?

6) What advice do you have for the off/pre season?

7) What are your favorite drills for the Pole Vault?

2,4,6 step straight pole take-offs
track approaches and rope climbing up-side-down

8) What advice do you have on a Vaulters grip width?

9) What advice do have on a height of a Vaulters hand-hold?

Hold higher (one fist or sometimes a finger at a time )
only when the athlete is planting and swinging
into the pit consistently.

10) What advice do you have on how to keep the Pole Vault Safe?

Athletic Directors must require a coach to take
X amount of inservice, go to clinics and view safety
videos to be allowed to coach.
Knowledge is safety......

Send Comments or Questions to Coach David Butler,Houston Texas at butlerd@spring-branch.isd.tenet.edu