The Apex Vaulting Podcast

In this episode Branko sits down with Vertical Assault coach Mike Lawyrk. Vertical Assault is a very successful pole vaulting club in Pennsylvania. Branko and Mike discuss how to develop a coaching system and coaching style for both a club and a college team.

In this episode Branko Miric sits down with Jason Church, the current pole vault and jumps coach at Southern Regional High School in New Jersey where he has coached a State Champion. He is also a former college coach who has produced a NCAA Division II National Champion and 2000 Olympic Trials qualifier. On the podcast Branko and Jason talk about the current club-high school dynamic as well as the...

On this episode of the podcast Branko Miric sits down with post-collegiate Apex athlete Andrew Flores to discuss pole vaulting as sport that mirrors life and teaches valuable life skills as well as the effects of attitude on training and competition.

Apex Vaulting coach Branko Miric sits down with former University of Tennessee pole vault coach Jim Bemiller to discuss coaching philosophies and the recent Olympics. Jim coached Lawrence Johnson and Tim Mack as students at the University of Tennessee, the latter of which he coached to a Gold Medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Jim also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in sports l...

Apex Vaulting coach Branko Miric sits down for a highly technical discussion with Roman Botcharnikov. Roman coached Olympic Silver Medalist Lawrence Johnson to a Silver Medal in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He has also developed the M640 pole vault model which he discusses in detail.

Apex Vaulting coach Branko Miric sits down with club athletes Calvin Gould and Lilly Brown to introduce the Apex Vaulting Podcast and discuss the dynamic between club coaches and high school coaches as well as the difference between jumping and training.