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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