Pole jump, speed and strength

The jump with the rod, as the high jump and the long jump, is part of athletics sports. It is a sport both male and female, in which the athlete, after a small run-up, will have to overcome a bar supported by the rights without dropping it, obviously with the help of a rod.

To practice this sport the athlete must know how to combine speed, typical of sprinters, with strength, arms and torso and agility, the main feature of gymnastics.

An excellent equipment, however, will improve the performance and results obtained.
Rod is definitely the main and characterizing tool of jump with rod. At the beginning bamboo rods were used, then transformed into metal rods, to arrive at the sixties with rods made of glass and carbon fibers still used. Rubber caps or plasticare used to protect the rod.

Moving on to the pole jump system, the same items as the high jump are used, which are, rod and straight.

Special attention should also be paid to the drop zone. This drop zone consists of a central block and two lateral slide-shaped blocks.