This episode we have the great pleasure of talking with Nicole Pompei, a New Jersey High School state champ and high school All-American. SHe discusses her pole vault experiences, why she had to stop, and how she got started power lifting. We discuss how she feels power lifting could have been useful during her pole vault career.

Branko has his first phone podcast with Mike Lawryk the founder of Vertical Assault and coach of sevral national champs and national records across the high school and collegiate levels. They discuss how to create a system when coaching to guide the development of athletes. Enjoy!

Branko sits down with long time Apex club member Gabby Mercurio, the Gabby of Gabby's line, and they discuss training and the importance of tracking data to prevent plateaus. The technical and physical aspects of training require record keeping in order to keep a handle of whether or not you are getting better or worse.

On this Episode I sit down with Mark Cortazzo the founder of USPVA. We discuss Mark's inspiration for starting USPVA, it's goals, and pole vault in general. The energy and passion Mark displays is amazing.

Branko Miric sits down with Joe Oliveri and recaps the thrilling USA's Championship weekend. They go over Katie Nageotte's amazing day and victory as well as Scott Houston's win as well. There is also a coaching tip covered at the end of the episode as well.

Our second episode from the 2018 Akron Pole Vault Convention, we sit down with Tim Winder and his athlete and son Luke Winder to discuss the family dynamic involved in their pole vault as well as the progression that the Winder family uses to coach everyone in their system.

From Akron, Ohio, our second episode with Katie Nageotte, ranked 6th in the world last year with a PR of 15'6" and won the Akron Elite Competition this year. We discussed her training with American Record holder Brad Walker among other topics.

Branko sits down with Harvard senior and pole vault school record holder Marlee Sabatino to talk about how pole consistency affects athletes and coaches, midmarks, and the importance of easing off the throttle to work on technical aspects of the vault.

Branko and Joe sit down to discuss the concept of an "industry standard" that applies to the pole vault as far as technique, training, and the sport as a whole.

With a little over a year between Episode 0 and now, Branko sits down with Craig Van Leeuwen and Billy Frederick to review the beginnings of the podcast and where its brought us today. They also discuss some topical aspects of our sport today such as tapping and lifting.