Branko talks to Jax Williams about her journey from a 10'9" high school vaulter to working on her PHD in Chemistry all while continuing her training and jumping 14'5". Who said you can't have brains and brawn!

This episode of the podcast is inspiration to anyone tackling a heavy course load, dealing with working full time, and still training.

Do you use Dj's mid chart? Have you ever looked at all the info on DJ's Mid Chart? Branko explains how you can use more than just mids from the mid chart to help you coach your athletes to be the best vaulters they can be!

Branko sits down with club coaches Matt and Esther Fleigle at the Reno Pole Vault Summit. They discuss what its like coaching in Minnesota, and Branko thought Jersey winters were tough, as well as what they think club coaches need or should do for their members, like attending meets.

Oh and that Reno Pole Summit was pretty cool too. Hahahah

Garrett Starkey and Nathan Hiett, athletes and coaches at Dean Starkey's pole vault club, Arizona Pole-Vault Academy join the podcast. We discuss the benefits of having training partners that push each other and compete, the benefits of weight training, dealing with the negativity of jumping after college, and how to overcome the negativity and actually do what you love, pole vault, and helping others vault too! Definitely the most Bro episode yet!

Former NCAA Division III Champion Michelle Favre joins the podcast to discuss her journey from an 8'6" vaulter as a freshman in high school to a 13'9 3/4" vaulter in college. Everyone wants to believe in magic tricks, but most of this podcast was about mind numbing consistency and determination.

Branko sits down with Chris Tutela, owner of Tutela Training Systems. They discuss why someone would start their own gym, this is a must listen for people who are thinking about starting their own pole vaulting club. In the second half of the podcast Chris discusses his thoughts on training athletes. Enjoy!

Kris Allison, club coach of Lonestar, joins the podcast and we discuss how he developed as a vaulter and his influences as a coach. It is a must listen for all pole vault coaches, we discuss coaching systems and progressions. We also discuss the idea of context.

Branko discusses training and perspective with Calvin Hartman. People often offer advice in the pole vault, but not in context. People often discuss growing the sport, but then turn athletes away. Whats going on?

Nick Homan, @that_tattooed_vaulter on Instagram, joins the podcast and discusses how he managed to connect with Branko and how social media is a great asset to connect people in the pole vault community. They also discuss how social media will literally make coaches and athletes more accountable as well as drive competition not only between athletes, but also coaches and coaching systems which will help grow our sport. Enjoy.

Branko discusses the value of pole vault! What are the values, instruction, learning to deal with failure, but how do we let people know about the value of pole vault?