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Analyzing the Superior Russian Style and Adapting It to American Vaulting, Brian Ferry. An exceptionally clear and well-presented discussion of the new techniques in vaulting, with a phase-by-phase analysis and an outline of training components, with a year-round training program. Invaluable to any coach and vaulter.Well illustrated. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Ferry is a Master of the Modern Pole
Everyone will get higher with the Ferry Method! ... Read more

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We will begin shipping this book approximately December 28th, 2007.240 pages with over 800 picturesTwelve exciting chapters, documenting specific landmark periods in the sport, lead readers on a journey from its ancient roots to the modern fiberglass era.Authors:Jan Johnson (M.S. Biomechanics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, B.S. Education University of Alabama) Jan is a former World Record holder, Olympic Bronze Medallist (1972), and National Pole Vault Safety Chairman. He is the Director of Skyjumpers Vertical Sports Club.Russ VerSteeg (A.B. Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D. UCONN School of Law) Russ coaches pole vaulters at the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, CT. He teaches at New England School of Law in Boston, and has written five articles relating to pole vault safety. Russ was a 14 foot vaulter in high school.Ray Kring (M.S. Fresno Pacific University) Ray was a world class pole vaulter in the 1940s and 1950s. He was also a long time, highly successful track coach at Hancock Community College in Santa Maria, California. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 443 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Biomechanical aspects of learning pole vault.(BIOMECHANICS)
Author: Istvan Kovacs
Publication: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 78Issue: 1Page: A-15(1)

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Customer Reviews (3)

Good History Book
I have read and studied this book in Russian in 1983. The book gives basic understanding of the event. It also describes the roots of the fiberglass vaulting. I would recomend this book for any vaulter, however keep in mind that the event has moved beyond the understanding described in the book.

Roman Botcharnikov

The Bible for All Pole Vaulters
It's been years since I've even seen a copy of Ganslen's book, yet it still remains the foremost publication of any form of media for the sport of pole vaulting.Ganslen takes a comprehensive look at pole vaulting fromtraining, technology, psychology, technique analysis, culture, and history. This book is both inspirational and informative and it is a tragedy thatit is out of print.

Mechanics of the Pole Vault is for Winners!
Though it is more than 20 years old, I can't conceive of a better guide for the young pole-vaulter than "Mechanics of the Pole Vault". From the era when Bob Seagren and Steve Smith held sway atop the sport,Ganslen describes in intimate, if prosaic, detail the mental and physicalminutae of the most elegant and difficult endeavor in sport.

In some wayspole technology and sports science may have surpassed the content ofGanslen's book. His exquisite grasp of the complex activity of polevaulting, however, is surely unsurpassed and could be a boon to a newgeneration of vaulters.

It is truly a shame that this valuable text isnot currently in the canon of modern track and field. ... Read more