Athletics (British Sports Library)

THE POLE VAULT 221 path. He should incidentally have been facing the approach path at the instant the push-away was effected. It has been already mentioned that the athlete is allowed to have the uprights shifted 2 feet in any 8 direction. They must, in fact, be adjusted to the varying heights at which the bar is set and according to the athlete's experience of his own requirements. At low heights the standards should be well away from the take-off position ; as the height rises they are brought nearer to the slide-way ; atgreat heights