Free takeoff. Inversion. Time on pole. Welcome to the source.
Coaching Olympic athletes since the 1992 Barcelona Games
"Once you understand the m640 model, you will never watch a pole vault the same way again."
Here is a model of the pole vault I have developed and refined since the early 1990s. It has produced results at the highest levels of the sport — men and women, indoors and out, across four decades. You can evaluate it yourself.
It was to produce vaulters who understand the event so completely that better becomes inevitable. Start with New Thinking — or go directly to any concept.
How the pole vault was misunderstood for decades, what Petrov understood that others missed, and why the catapult model — still coached today — leaves athletes without a firm understanding of why today's leaders are winning. The m640 model brings that understanding and offers a clear path forward.
The most important concept in pole vault coaching. The 1.10-second window. Why every fraction of a second not contributing energy to the system is gone forever.
No timing. No phases. One continuous movement — like the rigid pole era. Why simplicity creates a positive feedback loop that complexity cannot.
The continuous chain applied to every element of the vault — pole carry, run, plant, takeoff, inversion, pullthrough. The complete technical framework.
Where the m640 model comes from — three decades of development, the athletes it has produced, and the terminology it gave the sport.
The tiers differ by depth of transformation and proximity — not content quantity. Each stage is complete in itself.
The complete m640 model delivered to the mind. Every concept, every term, from the source. You will never watch a vault the same way again.
Learn more →The model meets your specific vault. Monthly diagnosis of exactly where your chain breaks and why — analyzed through the m640 lens.
Learn more →Full internalization. Direct ongoing dialogue with the model's creator. The model and your vault become one. Application required.
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