Pole Vault Technique: Defying Gravity?

Pole Vault Technique: Are most of the actions of the pole vaulter defying gravity or are most of the actions of the pole vaulter defying the force of the elastic pole? "There are 2 ways to add energy to the system in the pole vault after the vaulter has left the ground, Sequential Motion and Muscle Energy." Dr Mark Walsh PhD Biomechanics, 2023 National Pole Vault Summit.
This video demonstrates how the pole vaulter utilizes Sequential Motion and Task Specific Muscle Strength to defy the elastic energy in the pole more than defying gravity. Those movements may have an outcome of defying gravity, however it is the sequence of moves and the task specific muscle strength that transfers that muscle energy into the pole that sets up for the big defying gravity moment at the end of the vault.
If you want to pole vault higher learn to defy the elastic energy in the pole by focus your movements in sequence against the energy of the pole in line with the cord of the pole, and build the task specific muscle strength in each group of muscles that performs all the movements in those sequences.
** "Spinning in a circle creates whobble, a back and forth action." Jordan Haynes, Aerospace Engineer. In the pole vault that back and forth action moving more perpendicular to the cord of the pole allows the pole to loose energy, lengthen and slows forward movements.
Video Analysis by Tim Werner, Advantage Athletics Inc.
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Video Credit to Vaulters.World
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