Pole Vault Club | Columbus, Ohio

01 — Coaching

The club is new. The coaching isn't.

This building doesn't have a history yet, and I won't write one it hasn't earned. What it has on day one is a coach who's spent eight years doing this — club, NCAA Division III, Division I — and who's still close enough to the sport to get on a pole and show you, not just describe it.

Safety isn't a separate part of how I coach. It's inside every call I make — which pole, which grip, where they take off. A jump that's technically right is a jump that's safe, and they're the same conversation, not two.

Everything on that list happened somewhere else. The next line is what we're here to write.

Personal best18′ 2.5″ (5.55m)

Texas LutheranPole vault coach — coached a Division III All-American

Texas StateAssistant / volunteer

ClubEight years across multiple programs

AthletesCollege scholarships. UIL Texas state placers. National runner-up. Multiple girls over 12′, boys over 15′ and 16′.

No. 10 all-time — U.S. boys

One athlete I coach, Jace, cleared 5.51m — tenth on the all-time list for American high school boys. That's not the club's number. It's what the coaching is capable of.

Coach and athlete on the track at night, vault poles laid out in the foreground. — Meet night, TexasAdd year

02 — Programs

Programs and pricing

Month to month. No initiation fee, no contract.

WeeknightsFILL IN — e.g. Mon / Tue / Thu, 5–9pm

WeekendsFILL IN — e.g. Saturday morning block

PrivatesBooked around group sessions, by text

Times firm up when the building is signed. Text me and I'll tell you exactly where that stands — I'd rather say "not yet" than post a schedule I have to change.

Club membership $200 per month

Unlimited group sessions
Coached progression plan
Meet-day support
Cancel any month

Private coaching $80 per hour

One athlete, one coach
Video review included
Open to non-members
Book by text

Pole rental $20 per pole, per week

Fitted to the athlete
Swap as they grow
For school-season use
Members priced lower

03 — Safety

The risk in this sport isn't gravity. It's the choices made before takeoff.

Wrong pole, wrong grip, wrong spot on the runway — every scary vault traces back to one of those, and every one of them is a coaching decision. Three things, checked every session, on every athlete.

01

Correct pole

Chosen by body weight, grip height, and today's ability. Not the pole that's already out. Not the one they want to be on.

02

Correct grip

Grip moves up when the jump earns it, and not before. This is the most common place the sport goes wrong.

03

Correct spot on the runway

Where they start and where they take off. Steps checked, marks honest. Being a foot under is how good jumps turn bad.

Your athlete will vault when I'm not there. School practice. A meet three hours away. That's the whole point — safety that only works when a coach is standing at the box isn't safety, it's supervision. A vaulter who understands why the pole is wrong will put it down without being told. That's the version that leaves the building with them.

Coach and athlete together at a night track meet after competition. — After finals, TexasAdd year

04 — Camps

One full day. All are welcome.

Camp runs as two days, back to back — and each day is a complete one-day camp on its own. Come for one, or come for both. Athletes are grouped by ability in the morning, so a first-timer and a 16-footer are never doing the same thing at the same time.

One day $150 Either day — a full camp on its own

Both days $250 The full experience, two days back to back

The day, hour by hour

Time	Session
7:30 – 8:00	Check-in
8:00 – 10:00	Warm-up, drills and progressions, light jumping
10:00 – 10:30	Snack break
10:30 – 12:00	Jumping
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch
1:00 – 3:00	Gymnastics and vaulting
3:00	Parent pick-up

Only coming for the afternoon session? You're welcome to arrive early and jump in for the 1:00 block. Poles provided — bring spikes, water, and lunch.

Seven high school vaulters from six different schools standing together with their coach at a track meet. — Seven athletes. Six schools. One coach.Texas

05 — Approach

Four things we actually believe.

01

Timeline changes the answer

A sophomore with four years and a senior with four months are not the same athlete and shouldn't be coached like it. Before we tell you what to work on, we ask how long you've got.

02

We're building people first

Most of these kids stop vaulting at some point. What they keep is how they handled the days it didn't work. That's the actual product.

03

The small things are the whole thing

Athletes who can't do the four things below don't clear bars, and it has nothing to do with talent. Most reliable predictor in the sport, and it costs nothing.

04

Chase the feeling, not the height

Emotion doesn't clear bars. A jump done right feels unmistakable, and it's repeatable — which is the only place height has ever come from. Kids who chase the number plateau. Kids who chase the feeling don't.

Be a good person and a good athlete. Do these four things and the rest follows.

Be where you're supposed to be
Be there on time
Do what you're supposed to be doing
Do it to the best of your ability

06 — Join

Start with one session.

Come see the building. Watch a practice. Ask the uncomfortable questions. If it isn't a fit, I'll tell you that too.

Fastest way in
(330) 749-1968

Text, don't call. You'll get me, usually inside an hour, and it won't be a script. Tell me the athlete's age, grade, and whether they've ever vaulted before.

Learn the jump. Earn the height.

Start from zero

Your coach has eleven events

Some of them keep jumping