Welcome to THE BARN - The Zen of pole vaulting

ArmoryTrack.com's Christopher Hunt and Tim Fulton went to Warwick, NY to sit in on The Hudson Valley Flying Circus Pole Vault Camp on July 21, 2010. 

 

The club, founded by coaches Tim St. Lawrence and Hugh Cauthers, offers elite level pole vault coaching at a top of the line facilty.  Athletes from New York, New Jersy, and Pennslyvania practice year round under their tutelage.

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Welcome to "The Barn"

 

Coach Tim St. Lawrence gives you a tour of "The Barn"

 

Coach Tim St. Lawrence welcomes campers

Coach St. introduces Hugh Cauthers and coach Cauthers gives his intro

 Click here for a introduction to the camp counselors and coaches

DRILLS AND INSTRUCTION

"The Run" - How important the approach is

20 Steps in 20m
The Most Important Drill

Ordinary Things Extraordinarily well - Banana Hurdle Drills

Energy Transfer
The Plant/Drive Phase

Chest Bump Drill & Sidney LeRoy interview

More Chest Bump Drills and Instruction

Apparatus Demonstration by Staff

The Rings - All other apparatus drills

 Coach Cauthers Interview

 

Christopher Hunt goes to Pole Vault Camp