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New Pole Vault webinar series continues

England Athletics' Coach & Athlete Development team is pleased to announce the next installments of our free Pole Vault Q&A coaching webinar series - hosted by Scott Simpson (British Athletics National Performance Institute Senior Coach - Pole Vault).

The mini-series kicked off on Friday 20 November with 'Men's British record holders past and present' - when we were joined by Britain's past and present British record holders in the Pole Vault - Nick Buckfield from the 1990s, Steve Lewis from the 2000s and Harry Coppell in 2020.

We are now inviting coaches, leaders and athletes to sign-up to join us for the next two sessions in the series:

  • Friday 11 December 2020 7.30pm – Pole Vault Coaching Q&A webinar 
    Topics include coaching journey, coaching philosophy and approach to coaching pole vault - with Steven Taeleman (Belgian coach to Ben Broeders), Steve Rippon (Technical pole vault advisor to the Finnish Athletics Federation) and Gustaf Hultgren (Swedish coach).
    Hosted by Scott Simpson.

    Click here to register
  • Friday 8 January 2020 7.30pm – Pole Vault Athlete Q&A webinar
    Featuring three world-class athletes in the Pole Vault: Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi, British Record Holder Holly Bradshaw and 4.91m vaulter from America, Katie Nageotte. Hosted by Scott Simpson.
    Click here to register

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