Who Invented Pole Vaulting?

[@philipmcgahey8450]

my grandfather was a pole jumper in the 40s & 50s when they used to land in sawdust or sand pits . foam crash mats came in and techniques changed and the bar got higher

[@martinmccomb5462]

As an American, I'd like to say thank you for the greeting and good wishes Simon. I hope you have a great weekend as well. Cheers!

[@mantyathlete]

Voltaic Fire Monday is Memorial Day, a holiday meant for remembrance of all American soldiers who lost their lives while serving in the military.

[@YouVSMeTV]

A prisoner who said, "Screw it. Johnny hand me that stick."

[@becomingachristian]

His name was John Pole, which is why it’s called Pole vaulting when Pole vaulted over the fence.

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

My pole vaulting coach Jeff Robbins made women’s pole vault a thing. He is great. His wife is also at all of the meets and practices. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to do any sports or even run but pole vaulting is soooo fun and I miss it.

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

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[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

He is like 80 something btw

[@theawantikamishra]

Why did you stop

[@acetate909]

Pole vaulting was invented the day after the security wall was invented.

[@minimayhem1996]

I specifically looked this up because I've always Wondered what the practical application of Pole jumping was Because every Olympic sport has some kind of practical application but I could never even fathom what Pole volting would be good for Would have never guessed it was to traverse swampy areas quite ingenious really

[@fredred8371]

U should of included a video clip of the banned technique u were talking about.

[@Bizzymuma]

What is the strangest activity that is recognised as an actual national or international sport? For example, sliding a huge rock across ice while using brooms to clear it's path....

[@acetate909]

Curling is really no stranger than ice hockey. It's really the unfamiliarity and newness that makes it seem strange. In context all organized sports are kind of silly.

[@Peggyt-jp6mt]

Shuffleboard and lawn bowling is similar.

[@PitFriend1]

Look at most things coming out of Scotland.

[@Daemonzword]

Golf is probably the weirdest sport. Hitting a ball hundreds of yards, then hunting it and doing it again until it’s in a small hole. And you do it 18 fing times! Check out Robin Williams bit on golf for more strangeness

[@GunFunZS]

@@PitFriend1 I would call those the most ubiquitous. Lifting big things is pretty universal. In Alaska, they have the native youth olympics, with some fun games, such as stick wrestling. Find a culture that if you go back far enough doesn't have some variant of running, lifting, throwing, and then ditto with spears and other weapons.

[@fnurbz]

Thank you for mentioning the netherlands, fierljeppen for the win!!!

[@louistart1173]

Memorial day orginally decoration day. I expect a full report on Monday.

[@darreljones8645]

Yeah. It originally began as a day to commemorate the end of the Civil War. Memorial Day, officially, is now a date to remember American soldiers who died in battle. In practice, it's the unofficial jump-off day to begin summer, just as Labor Day (in early September) is the unofficial send-off to end summer.

[@brantleyhester6641]

Darrel Jones Now it's just another excuse to burn hamburger patties on a grill while chugging beer all day

[@spectrum3808]

it was originally concieved as a day to solemnly remember the 600,000 soldiers killed in the civil war, on both sides. to give you an idea of how devastating that number of dead is, it equated to 1% of the united states population at that time.

[@preshisify]

thank you ☕ 🤗

[@GolfPrincessCL]

Merchandise idea: Golf shirt with Simon's head logo or the TIFO logo (just the round part) embroidered on it . I would rock that at the Country Club! 😂🏌️‍♀️🤣⛳ Thanks for another great video! ✌😎

[@Chilukar]

Merch idea? Maybe a flesh coloured skullcap with a fake beard - definitely worth it for an affectionate laugh from the dedicated aficionado.

[@Bacopa68]

But then viewers around thirty would look as inbred as Charles II of Spain who went bald before he was thirty.

[@kenxclout]

Cmon TIFO I posted a joke yesterday that would’ve went perfect with this video!!! here it is again 😒 At the Olympics a man went up to a competitor who was carrying a very long pole. "Are you a pole vaulter?" "No, I'm German, but how did you know my name is Walter?"

[@christelheadington1136]

OK, I'll give you a like today too. ( :

[@brantleyhester6641]

Ken Fulton {Baby Elder} Man I read this yesterday, funny. I've also read it twice here today now. Somebody stole your joke

[@kenxclout]

Brantley Hester I seen it he didn’t even give me credit 😢

[@christelheadington1136]

Aw Ken Fulton(Baby Elder) used his perfectly good pole vault joke yesterday.

[@kenxclout]

I KNOW UGHH 😫 im gonna repost it

[@renaydominguez2132]

I'm Catlady Redd Indiana , and I have a bad feeling about pole vaulting. I'm 112 lbs., But it even looks scary. Enjoy your weekend, Simon!!

[@originaljackofhearts]

Haven't watched video yet, but just imagine a bunch of Italian gondolers in a canal having a 'crouching tigers hidden dragon' type acrobatics fight.

[@richardbidinger2577]

Having been to Venice myself, one of the things I noticed that I thought was odd, was most of the unused gondola's were tied to posts several feet away from shore. I thought it was strange back then because I didn't understand how the gondaliers would get to their boats. What would be the point of using a boat to get to another boat, especially since I don't remember there being other boats around the gondola's. After seeing this video, I know how they got to those boats. I never saw any of them do it, but I distinctly remember there not being any fat gondoliers, and all the ones I saw were fairly young. I imagine your reference would be about how it would look.

[@truffleshuffl]

Theres a method call traversing or something where you use a pole to jump off high ledges, plant the pole mid fall and slide down it. Works great and looks badass. Prob been going on since sticks existed 👀

[@billcampbell9886]

In the United States, we celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May. Memorial Day is a day set aside to honor the men and women who have died while serving in The United States Armed Forces. Traditionally, Memorial Day was celebrated on May 30, and prior to becoming recognized as a national holiday Memorial Day was sometimes called Decoration Day after the tradition of decorating graves on that day with flowers for family members, and flags for our fallen soldiers.

[@teachinglearning5370]

As a boy in my village I have used pole vault to cross water channels that were difficult to cross with a jump. In Punjab, Pakistan. This is just to tell that it was a normal daily technique for farmers and and shepherds (in my case).

[@vyomshinde6146]

The notifications actually worked!

[@magus104]

people use the notification bell? i never found it hard to simple goto the subscriptions tab and look through the days videos

[@LadyWhinesalot]

nope, no notification for me Maybe I will turn it off for a day and then turn it back on, see what happens

[@ilarious5729]

I only have this problem with toptenz, didn't know this is going on with TIFO as well, come on youtube get your shit together!

[@thomasturner6980]

But who invented pole dancing?

[@69Solo]

Yo mama.

[@elysafrancisco7240]

A quick Google search produced this answer: "1968: The oldest Pole Dancing case recorded is Belle Jangles' in Mugwump strip joint in Oregon, USA." Don't know how accurate this is, but it's a starting point! Lol

[@martinmccomb5462]

@@69Solo Always a classic!

[@JerseyMiller]

@@elysafrancisco7240 pole dancing was originally called Mugwumping, named after the burlesque club where it was invented. I wrote a research paper on it in my English Comp class during my associates degree. The original pole was a brass liquor bar rail that was broken off during a bar fight. There were several other female entertainers besides Belle that claimed to have invented Mugwumping, however, Belle could wiggle "it" the best according to several prominent clients of the establishment. And by "it" I mean her poop dispenser.

[@bryanl1984]

The question we _actually_ want answered!

[@metalman7825]

A Simon whistler, a whistle with Simon’s face on it. If you build it...I will buy it

[@shanejacobson5647]

Since Simon didn't know about Memorial day. How about an episode over the history and meaning of it. You could even add in the vetran tradition of placing a penny, nickle, or quarter on former military personnel's grave.

[@sandydegener6436]

Actually, pole vaulting was created by a Warsaw undertaker to save space in Polish cemetaries, and allow the members of Poland's upper classes to have their departed placed apart from the commoners in those samer cemeteries.

[@skylineXpert]

Since tour de france is about to start then an episode where you educate us on doping through the decades would be in order. If you haven't already done it.

[@Mike-rx3mn]

Good video, short, informative, to the point. Most countries have a memorial day, but some call it Remembrance Day, Armistice Day in France, Anzac Day in Australia and New Zeland, but I always thought pole vaulting was started by Genghis Khan.

[@annettefournier9655]

Aww thanks Simon.

[@LeatherNeck1833]

"Honey, I'm headed to work. Have you seen my pole? I seem to have misplaced it."

[@awwskit9753]

This channel never fails me

[@JO-tg2cg]

24 of May is Victoria Day, eh. Known as the May 2-4, no matter how much beer is consumed, it is entirely a coincidence that there are 24 beers in a case.

[@LeatherNeck1833]

Not a coincidence at all. You see, they first tried 23 but then Bud said "Wait-a-minute here, there's room for one more." True story, lol.

[@Panthror]

The Friesians (people who live in the north-western province of The Netherlands called Friesland) call it 'fierljeppen'. (Good luck pronouncing that one, even most Dutch people can't.)

[@carltonleboss]

"Fear-lippen"?

[@Panthror]

@@carltonleboss nope, but good try

[@effieboo9275]

FerL-ya-pen?

[@cf6282]

It was fun to hear he actually mentioned the Netherlands in his explanation. Never occurred to me it had something to do with pole vaulting.

[@Panthror]

@@effieboo9275 Close enough

[@zeke7515]

I enjoy the shorter clips. I watch them all the way through.

[@69Solo]

How can people dislike this kind of video? 🧐

[@schristy3637]

I know there are 21 ass holes out there some where.

[@69Solo]

@@schristy3637 I would love to do pole vaulting in their asses then. 😂

[@MrJm323]

Now everyone is "spared" seeing any dislikes on any video on KZbin. Nothing but happy reactions or responses shall be allowed at what anyone says! (Unless KZbin wishes to eliminate what it doesn't approve of. Then we will be spared of ever seeing that which is not approved of.)

[@theCidisIn]

I can see where pole vaulting comes from... but there are other Olympic sports that I can't even imagine where they came from. Like curling.

[@varana]

Trying to throw objects or roll balls at a target is a common pastime - boule or boccia are essentially curling without ice, or even golf has a similar idea; if you make the stone smaller and add a competing team, you get something like (ice) hockey. It's a game; there's little to no practical application but also not much mystery. The weird aspects like the broom is evolution towards efficiency after the basic concept had been established.

[@MatthewStinar]

I still don't understand what volsing (or however you spell it) is.

[@varana]

Volzing, after David Volz: You grip the bar while jumping over it, preventing it from falling off, or in extreme cases, even putting it back on its bearings.

[@Clemsnman]

Watch the ‘93 trials, Hartwig and Johnson Volz’d the bar big time on their clearances that got them on the Olympic team.

[@willso93]

Ulverston - whilst it was formerly in Lancashire - is now part of Cumbria. I should know - I live here!

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

With the recent flooding here, I think pole vaulting might be the new commute.

[@txgunguy2766]

It's also an effective way to leap from rock to rock while avoiding graboids.

[@HotelPapa100]

Missing from the story: The changes in technique and improvements made to the reached heights by employing elastic poles.

[@robertt9342]

Elastic deformation of the poles has likely always been a part of pole vaulting, it just that it had become more more elastic.

[@HotelPapa100]

@@robertt9342 The fiberglass pole has completely transformed the technique. Before the vaulter would rise more or less in a circular arc, modified only by their acrobatics on the pole. With the fiberglass pole you basically charge the pole with a forward trajectory, almost doubling it back, then you catapult yourself into the vertical using the stored energy.

[@MrJm323]

Well, yeah, if you add a giant hip-high bed mat to the landing base, and tell everyone that they no longer have to worry about landing on their feet from the ever greater heights they attain. But, what happens when you divorce an athletic discipline from real-world applications to such an extent that you are training people to leap over obstacles with the expectation that when they come back down they can just land on their NECKS !!!

[@HotelPapa100]

@@MrJm323 When has an athletic disipline been about its real world application last? With the Greeks, probably.

[@MrJm323]

@@HotelPapa100 They should have SOME connection to the "real world". For instance, how is it safe to learn to leap over (jump over, vault over) obstacles with the intention of landing on your NECK (modern high jumping) or your upper BACK and shoulders (modern pole vaulting)??!? There aren't hip-high mats on the other side of fences and walls you leap over, in the real world.

[@jaredtimme5851]

Even though it was popular elsewhere in the world the Navy who also used it for crossing rivers started doing it for height. Also a huge plus to fiberglass is the flexibility and the spring you get from it allowing elite pole vaulters to continue to vault considerably higher than their poles. Also how dare you do a pole vault vid without even mentioning Sergei Bubka

[@ludilight2948]

I found this video lookin to see if it ever was used in battle. Like leaping over palisade walls

[@relicking9207]

So, using your feet to steady it is fine?

[@jaredtimme5851]

Yes because that would be infinitely more challenging than clearing the height

[@joeeverett3993]

I love these vids

[@RSpracticalshooting]

Can you be held liable if you have a stroke or heart attack whilst driving and injure somebody or damage property?

[@shibomi1]

Pretty sure you can use "act of God" as your defences since it would be outside your control.

[@youngfilmmakerscoalition5441]

I needed this.

[@chicoarraes]

What about the IOC is it banned by the IOC?

[@LeadsTheFallen]

I've ridden a few poles in my time lolz

[@brantleyhester6641]

Leads The Fallen Vlogs You deserve more likes for that one. Don't stop

[@InvestingHustler]

Probably some prisoner who was trying to escape out of prison 😅

[@BPantherPink]

YES... THAT'S the story I've always heard !!

[@catsupchutney]

I see a loophole if you can stabilize the bar with your feet.

[@LeatherNeck1833]

Then what, climb up the pole?

[@navret1707]

Outlawing steadying the bar is a perfect example of “if you can’t beat hm, outlaw him. “ See NASCAR rules/regulations.

[@robertt9342]

I am sure there is a corollary to that rule to. Probably something along the lines, if you can't beat them, find a way around the rules until you do. There are so many rules in sport because someone finds a way around the specifics of a competition that they break the spirit or purpose of the competition. With this said, it would have been interesting if they did rule the other way in pole vaulting.

[@mikejones-vd3fg]

wow had no idea it was actually a mode of transportation, thats hardcore

[@stevenschwartzhoff1703]

Pole vaulting for distance would be much cooler. Unlimited length, whatever you can handle.

[@crazykaspmovies]

Pole vaulting was invented by Paul Volt, a Frenchman that lived around the beginning of the 15th century and was trying to stick it to the English long bowmen by stringing, what was at the time, the longest bow in the world. Confronted with his inability to use traditional means of stringing his bow he resorted to taking a running start and jamming the free end of the bow in the ground, all the while frantically trying to get his bowstring in position. At his very first attempt he was promptly flung several meters into the sky and across the French countryside. This greatly amused the gathering of peasants that had come to watch this aberrant behavior. No sooner had Paul hit the ground than they had found their own poles and started competing to see who could launch themselves the highest. In honor of Paul and to his great displeasure the sport was named after him, later language drift changed "paul-volting" to "pole vaulting".

[@ChefBoyareB]

You forgot to mention the famous UK town ShireshireShire. Can we have a video of why so many UK townships end with "shire"?

[@RoyCousins]

Many British county names end with shire. "Shire" is an Anglo-Saxon name for a division of land, overseen by a "Shire Reeve" or Sheriff.

[@guitaraflamenco]

Nice one

[@kevintemple245]

What about the Fosbury Flop? Pioneered by a fellow Oregonian, it revolutionized the entire sport!

[@MrJm323]

Different discipline (high jumping). Nevertheless, the same thing was happening in each sport: the piling on of the cushioning of the landing base. Dick Fosbury was simply taking advantage of the situation as it had become by the mid-'60s. If he had tried that a mere decade earlier he would have broken his neck!

[@boss-anova]

You need to do a video on memorial day now. Thats what you get.

[@johnknapp952]

Are you familiar with the American Holiday 4th of July?

[@eabaendallbeall7959]

So today you found out what memorial day is.

[@michaeltobias3110]

Thank you for wishing your American friends a good memorial day weekend Simon.

[@michaelwalton4017]

Hey Simon! Say " Aluminum" again!😁

[@patpatterson12]

What was supposed to be a time to remember our war dead has become a day for cookouts. I’m not against cookouts; I just want us to remember those who sacrificed.

[@mantyathlete]

PapaPat .Patterson You can find comfort in the fact that even those who don’t consciously remember are in a way celebrating their sacrifices by taking time to enjoy the safeties and freedoms gained and preserved by those same service members.

[@Trioptic3D]

Interesting. I always thought it was height based. My imagination made me envision raiders overcoming a fortress or castle wall. I wonder what the distance record was before they switched to height.

[@Victoria-dh9vb]

I wish the today I found out merch hoodie came in black, I would definitely get one if they did. I'm kind of busty, and tend to get stains on all of my tops and sweaters. Light colours are kind of out of the question :(

[@christalbot210]

Well? Since you had to look it up, how DID Memorial Day get started? :-)

[@minuteman4199]

@solomon kane Actually it goes back to the Civil War. An outstanding column on the matter here. www.steynonline.com/6368/happy-memorial-day

[@Johnny_Shields]

Every sport authority to ever exist has done nothing but ruins sports.

[@dafttool]

Next, do pole mounting. 🤔

[@LeatherNeck1833]

Ummm, I think that could be found on a different website! LMAO

[@jimclercx4208]

GOOD QUESTION MERIKA (DIDNT KNOW THE WHOLE COUNTRY ASKED)

[@voidremoved]

Merch: rubber drink coasters with your logo on one side and your sexy mug on the other side. then I can set my mug of pea soup on your mug and we can drink pea soup and find out Today...

[@dillonpichols7625]

A man, that likes to hear himself speak, Mansplaining, 101. Take notes boys!

[@lothrazar]

What about the whole going backwards? All your picks are different positions but in modern day everyone goes backwards and head first

[@IMAMERICA128]

What about Sergey Bubka? His technique is actually still used today

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

I thought this was about a half-naked lady doing acrobatics on a pole.

[@alternavent]

See, I get Today I Found Out notifications, but not Top Tenz... Just trying to add variables

[@christelheadington1136]

Damn, me too.

[@brantleyhester6641]

Same here

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Soon, Mexico will win every Olympic pole vaulting gold medal.

[@LeatherNeck1833]

OMG, not sure why, but I find this statement absolutely hilarious!

[@jimmyryan5880]

Why do you play SOAD chop suey in the background?

[@MrStringybark]

Paul Volting?

[@aelyn2909]

Checked the link- all shirts and sweatshirts! Get a mug or lapel pin and I'd be happy to purchase! (:

[@theenzoferrari458]

I want to be a vigilante who uses a pole vault. Call me vaulter.

[@jhall1980]

Love the channel! Quesrion why a 21 gun salute?

[@jhall1980]

@solomon kane hopefully you're joking, because there's no truth in that. Lol

[@michaelpuglisi1647]

I would love to see a biography on Sergei Bubka, the Ukrainian pole vaulter.

[@7-ten]

The guy that needed from over here to over there and only had a pole

[@larryolson8619]

What about Bob Richards?

[@a_literal_brick]

I always assumed it was invented by someone hoping to see some extreme accidental penetration

[@jerricroft937]

Mexico. They will soon have to get better. Humor

[@jerricroft937]

@Voltaic Fire agreed. The old days seem so much better

[@Borep_Yano]

just waiting for someone to work out how to steady the cross bar with their feet

[@arjanzweers6542]

Where does the myth that cats have 9 lives come from?

[@BPantherPink]

The earlier EVEREADY batteries !!!

[@andrew-rn9ui]

So it wasnt to cross bodies of water ?

[@jayjones3691]

I heard the Chinese in the Greeks used it the most

[@MrJm323]

So, you're going to overlook what REALLY was the big significant change to the sport, in the mid-20th century -- the introduction of a giant freakin' bed into the "landing pit"?!? (Which enabled the introduction of the super bendy poles, and the fact that you don't have to position your body on the way down such that your feet and legs take the shock of landing?) I mean, now, this sport is almost completely different from CLASSIC pole vaulting, in which to survive the vault you had to land feet-first -- not on your neck and shoulders. In classic pole vaulting (as well as high jump), there awaited a modest layer of sand or saw dust in the landing pit. The pole vaulting nowadays has no connection with any real-world physical application. In any real world situation, any jump or vault you perform isn't going to end with you flopping down on some giant, super thick bed!! The administrators of this sporting discipline (and the high jump discipline as well -- which also introduced the super thick landing bed) decided, around 1960 or so, that gaining ever greater height was all that mattered; how you landed didn't matter as long as you didn't seriously hurt yourself. By doing that, they removed these disciplines (both the pole vault and the high jump) from the realm of any real-world physical application -- in which the landing back down on to the Earth was just as critical as the jumping of vaulting aspect of the discipline. Classic jumping and vaulting had some connection to real-world physical skills in which you had to manage the landing (obviously, not on your freakin' neck or upper back!!). People who learned to high jump could actually use that skill in real world situations such as jumping over fences, low walls, hedgerows, etc., where there was very unlikely a thick plush mattress pad waiting for you on the other side! In gymnastic vaulting, for instance, you're still expected to land on your feet.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

Please note: these Poles are not immigrants from Poland.

[@KneeDeepInTheDead81]

Whistley boi!

[@TwoThousandAndPretty]

When someone is rewarded the Key to the City, what is it they are really winning? Immunity? All access to...? What's the point?

[@francoislacombe9071]

Are there people who were born in Antarctica, and what is the nationality of such people?

[@crovax1375]

Pole vaulting was used as a means to transverse marshes?!

[@Odin029]

Learn something new everyday

[@JerseyMiller]

Well ain't that America? Give us something and we'll figure out how to make it better.

[@JerseyMiller]

@Voltaic Fire Goddamn right commie soy boi

[@AlphaGator9]

I was going to join track when i was in High School. I was told that i'd have to do pole vaulting... "Nah, I'm good.".

[@KendrixTermina]

so it used to be an actual skill for jumping over water

[@M1aocat]

Go team Canada!!!