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Lesson 7:
Teaching Swing to Extension
The coach explains that swing-to-extension is an advanced skill that should only be introduced after the athlete can already run, plant, and swing correctly. He lays out a progression-based philosophy for teaching events in order instead of skipping ahead to advanced positions too soon.
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Pole vault is often taught as a collection of isolated positions, but this course shows how the event really works: as a connected sequence where the run, plant, takeoff, swing, inversion, and bar clearance all depend on each other. Using real athlete examples, Dave Emeott breaks down what separates efficient vaults from flawed ones, highlighting issues like early plant timing, blocking elbows,...
