Breaking Down the Pole Vault - Dennis Mitchell

Description

Do you want to learn how to coach just about everything in the Pole Vault? Well, you've come to the right place! Legendary Akron Head Coach Dennis Mitchell reveals specific drills, fundamentals, and principles you need to know in order to coach the pole vault successfully and correctly. He covers topics such as:

The Approach
The Swing
Pole Vault by the Numbers

On top of all of that, he even has Q&A sections that cover some frequently asked questions!

Lessons

Fundamentals

1 Introduction 5:06 2 Speed 0:52 3 Sprint Mechanics and Strength 1:11 4 Pole Carry and Plaff 0:50 5 Follow Through 1:09 6 Mental Strength 0:46 7 Steering 3:29 8 Chain of Movements and Posture 1:59 9 Rhythm and Consistency 1:53 10 Basics 2:54 11 Sprint Mechanics Examples 1:29 12 Plant and Take Off 1:43

Warm Up and Training

13 Sprint Mechanics Drills 2:32 14 Med Ball Drills 2:02 15 Basket Drills 2:02 16 Plaff Series 4:47

Approach

17 Approach 1 2:05 18 Approach 2 3:18 19 Short Approach 5:17 20 Working on Confidence 2:05 21 Working with High School vs Pros 2:31 22 Approach Strucuture 14:29 23 Approach Structure Examples 4:57

Q&A

24 Q&A 5:07

Swing to Hand

25 Introduction 1:09

Principles

26 Terminology 1:52 27 Take Off in Pictures 3:50 28 Jump Example 3:47 29 Basic Drill 2:15 30 Sand Drills 1:46 31 Sand Drill with Error Correction 2:28 32 Sand Drill Depelopment 1:57 33 What We are Trying to Get 2:05 34 Bending Swing Hand Drill 3:23

Jump Examples

35 Jump Example 1 1:04 36 Jump Example 2 1:16 37 Jump Example 3 0:50 38 Jump Example 4 1:05 39 Jump Example 5 1:03 40 Jump Example 6 1:49 41 Jump Example 7 0:20 42 Jump Example 8 0:45 43 Jump Example 9 1:38 44 Jump Example 10 0:40 45 Great Posture 2:05

Drills

46 Rings Drill 1:16 47 Concept Drill 1:30 48 Pool Vaulting Drill 1:46 49 Resistors Drill 2:11 50 Pull Over Drills 2:54 51 Brand Pole Vaulting Drill 3:03 52 General Review 6:34

Q&A

53 Q&A 6:48

The Coach

ITCCCA

Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association

Dennis Mitchell | University of Akron | Head Coach

Dennis Mitchell is the Head Coach at the University of Akron. He will begin his 27th season in the Fall of 2021. He is a 31-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year.

In all, he has received the league's top coaching honor 16 times for his men's teams and 15 times for his women's Teams. Mitchell has earned Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year recognition from the USTFCCCA on seven occasions; twice for the women's teams and five times for men's teams.

Known for his high-energy home track meets, Mitchell has not only made Akron's Stile Athletics Field House the home of Mid-American Champions but a destination for some of the top indoor talent in the northeast United States with the annual Akron Invitational.