USA Pole Vault Education Initiative (PVEI) Pole Vault Camps

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USA Pole Vault Education Initiative (PVEI)
Pole Vault Camps


PVEI CAMP WEBSITE: pveipolevaultcamp.com

June 13 - 17, 2009
PVEI at Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA

June 27 - July 1, 2009
PVEI at Marietta College
Marietta, OH

Eligible to all Females and Males 12 Years of Age and Up

HERE IS HOW TO REGISTER
1. Go to the website and print application: http://www.pveipolevaultcamp.com
2. Mail application with $150 deposit
3. Confirmation letter will be mailed with specifics.
It is that easy!!!!

THE PVEI CAMP APPROACH
The PVEI Pole Vault Camp follows the teachings of the USA Track & Field National Pole Vault Development and High Performance Committee that was created in 1988 to re-establish pole vaulting in the United States to be the leader in the world in the event. This camp is being conducted by the coaches who formerly coached at the Slippery Rock Pole Vault Camps under the tutelage and support of Mark Hannay, and will present material that is sound, conservative, and recognized by the national pole vault committee in its library of articles, pvei.com

TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE
Mornings: 3 hour vaulting session. Jumping and imitative drill techniques Afternoon: Classroom instruction on the technique and safety of the pole vault along with vault-related issues and safety. Evening: 3 hour vaulting session. Jumping and imitative drill techniques followed by further classroom instruction. These sessions will be focused on individual attention and a variety of activities. The goal of the camp is to teach the vaulter, no matter the level of expertise, all of the components of the pole vault including safety. Included with this will be videotaping of performance and other recreational activities. We expect the vaulter to not only learn, but to have fun!

COSTS
Residents: $435
This includes vaulting instruction, rooms, meals, camp insurance, camp T-shirt, instructional material, etc.
Commuters: $345
This includes all of the above except for the overnight room and breakfast. Any refunds may be subject to a $50 fee. Substitutes would be allowed. There will be no refunds after June 6, 2008. There will be no refunds if a camper is dismissed for disciplinary reasons or injury.

PVEI CAMP TEACHERS / INSTRUCTORS

PVEI AT GETTYSBURG

Robert Wahl has been a pole vault coach for the past twenty-two years and has been the Pennsylvania State Chairperson for USA Track & Field’s National Pole Vault Development and High Performance Committee since 1997. He serves on the boards of the Pole Vault Safety Certification Board (pvscb.com) along with pvei.com. Coach Wahl currently is the pole vault coach for Altoona (PA) High School. At least one of the high school’s vaulters have qualified for the PA state track and field meet each year since 1993 which includes three state champions and ten state medalists.

Marty Dahlman is the head boys track coach and head cross country at Watkins Memorial High School in Pataskala, Ohio (near Columbus), and has been there since 1978. Coach Dahlman has led his teams to 34 Conference Championships and over 120 invitational wins. In the pole vault Coach Dahlman has sent 20 vaulters to the state championships, with eight all Ohio vaulters. Coach Dahlman has served as the Pole Vault Safety Chairman for the Ohio Track Coaches Association for the past six years. He has conducted safety clinics all over the state, and wrote the current curriculum for pole vault education in Ohio.

Tony Dodds is currently the pole vault coach at Wilson (PA) High School and has specialized in the event since 2000. During this time he has produced multiple county, district and state qualifiers. As a former pole vaulter at Penn State University, Coach Dodds vaulted 15’9”. Coach Dodds has received his USATF Level 3 Coaching Qualification at the University of New Mexico in 2007.

CAMP DIRECTOR
Steve Shutt is in his third season as head track and field coach at Gettysburg College. Under Coach Shutt, the Bullets have had 15 individual conference champions and set 16 school records. Two athletes have qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championships and four have been named USTFCCCA Academic All-Americans.

GETTYSBURG (PA) COLLEGE LOCATION AND TRANSPORTATION
Gettysburg College is located in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. If you need carpool or ground transportation, please contact Steve Shutt at the Gettysburg College track and field offices at 717-337-6403 or, email Coach Shutt at sshutt@gettysburg.edu.


PVEI at Marietta College:

Marty Dahlman is the head boys track coach and head cross country at Watkins Memorial High School in Pataskala, Ohio (near Columbus), and has been there since 1978. Coach Dahlman has led his teams to 34 Conference Championships and over 120 invitational wins. In the pole vault Coach Dahlman has sent 20 vaulters to the state championships, with eight all Ohio vaulters. Coach Dahlman has served as the Pole Vault Safety Chairman for the Ohio Track Coaches Association for the past five years. He has done safety clinics all over the state, and wrote the current curriculum for pole vault education in Ohio.

Robert Wahl has been a pole vault coach for the past twenty-two years and has been the Pennsylvania State Chairperson for USA’s National & Olympic Pole Vault Development and Education Committee since 1997. He serves on the boards of the Pole Vault Safety Certification Board (pvscb.com) along with pvei.com. Coach Wahl currently is the pole vault coach for Altoona (PA) High School. At least one of the high school’s vaulters have qualified for the PA state track and field meet each year since 1993 which includes four state champions and twelve state medalists.

Don Dravenstott has been a volunteer pole vault coach for Green Local Schools (Smithville, OH) for the past eleven years. His first two years he was involved with the junior high school program and the remaining time has been spent coaching the high school pole vaulters. Coach Dravenstott has had the opportunity to be involved in the development of state qualifiers and medalists with both the girls and boys programs at Smithville. Coach Dravenstott has had vaulters continue their vaulting careers in college at the Division I, II, and III levels

CAMP DIRECTOR
Derek Stanley, a native of Pataskala, Ohio, and is finishing his sixth season as Marietta College's head track & field and cross country coach. Coach Stanley came to Marietta from Bluffton College, where he served as the head men and women's track/cross country coach since 2001. Coach Stanley has a USATF Level II certification including the jumps. Stanley received his bachelor's of business administration from Tiffin University in 1999 and his master's in education from Bowling Green State University in 2002.

MARIETTA (OH) COLLEGE LOCATION AND TRANSPORTATION
Marietta College is located in historic Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers. If you need carpool or ground transportation, please contact Derek Stanley at the Marietta College track and field offices at 740-376-4656 or, email Coach Stanley at stanleyd@marietta.edu.