Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

98 TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL When training for this event the novice should not vault oftener than fifteen times a day, and he should never work with the pole more frequent­ ly than three times a week. On the intervening days he should do light work at sprinting. Take every height three times, and then raise the bar, as it is frequently possible for a man to clear a higher mark after failing at the point below. On one day each weektry to see how high you can go.