Patent ID: 8147383

Claim:
A method for pole vaulting comprising the steps of: holding a vaulting pole apparatus having a substantially straight longitudinal axis and a substantially straight offset axis, configured to be compatible with physical attributes, strength and sprint speed of a vaulter athlete, said vaulter athlete endeavoring to achieve a pole vault height greater than a vault height attainable by invoking a conventional straight vaulting pole; sprinting down a runway while holding said vaulting pole apparatus; planting said vaulting pole apparatus in a takeoff box disposed at an end of said runway; and engaging in a takeoff with an implicated takeoff angle directing said vaulting pole apparatus upwardly toward a horizontal crossbar positioned at a prescribed pole vault height and disposed upon a supporting structure; said vaulting pole apparatus consisting of: a substantially linear axial portion parallel to and congruent with said longitudinal axis; an offset portion parallel to and congruent with said offset axis, and contiguous with and fixedly attached to said axial portion, and disposed at an acute offset angle deviating Φ° relative to said axial portion; and said takeoff angle functionally related to said acute offset angle and also selected to maximize conversion of kinetic energy engendered during said runway sprinting into potential energy stored in said axial portion of said vaulting pole apparatus during said takeoff, for enabling said vaulter athlete to vault upwardly substantially along said longitudinal axis of said vaulting pole apparatus to reach said greater vault height in excess of said preset height of said horizontal crossbar.