Amateur Pole VaulterHeather Higashi

Period 2

What is pole vaulting? Pole vaulting is a track

and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar.

The pole is used to jump over a horizontal crossbar without knocking it down.

What is pole vaulting?Pole vaulting

is considered a cross-training sport.

Anaerobic and aerobic exercises are involved.

Skills neededSprinting

Balance

Coordination

Upper and lower body strength

Core strength

Mental toughness

Hand and forearm muscles used when vaulting

(used to grip pole) Flexor Pollicis Longus

Flexor Digitorum Superficialis

Flexor Digitorum Profundus

Opponens Digiti Minimi

Opponens Pollicis

Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis

Flexor Pollicis Brevis

Adductor Pollicis

First Dorsal Interossei

Palmar Interossei

Arm muscles used when vaulting(used to hold/drop pole and to pull body up and over the clearance

bar)

Deltoid Biceps brachii Triceps brachii Brachialis Brachioradialis Extensor carpi

radialis longus

Upper body muscles used when vaulting(Used to hold/drop pole and to pull body up and over the clearance

bar)

Pectoralis major and minor Latissimus Dorsi Trapezius Rhomboid major and minor Teres major and minor Subscapularis Supraspinatus Infraspinatus Serratus anterior

Abdomen muscles used when vaulting(used to swing legs upward, hold body position, and turn body over clearance bar)

External oblique Internal oblique Transversus abdominis Rectus abdominis

Butt muscles used when vaulting(used when running and maintaining upside down body position)

Gluteus maximus, medius, minimus

Piriformis

Hip muscles used when vaulting(used to help swing legs upward and to run)

Iliopsoas Sartorius Tenor fasciae latae

Leg muscles used when vaulting(used to sprint and jump)

Rectus femoris Vastus medialis Vastus lateralis Vastus intermedius Semitendinosus Semimembranosus Biceps femoris

long head Biceps femoris

short head Gastrocnemius Soleus Tibialis

posterior/anterior Peroneous