This episode of Sports Corner takes listeners inside one of the most technically demanding and fascinating events in athletics: pole vaulting. Hosts Dave Stall and Brendan Thomas sit down with veteran Richard Fox, a longtime pole vault coach at San Diego State University, along with talented young athletes Addison Fox, Riley Gilbert, and Parker from Lewis Middle School.

The conversation explores the incredible physics, timing, athleticism, and mental focus required to compete in pole vaulting — a sport where speed, technique, and confidence all have to work together perfectly in a matter of seconds.

In This Episode:

• The history and evolution of pole vaulting equipment
• How fiberglass pole technology changed the sport
• The physics behind converting speed into vertical lift
• Why mindset and mental prepara ...