When friends and co-workers hear that you pole vault they always ask why. Why spend your free time pole vaulting instead of catching the big game and eating pizza. Why not just relax? What made you choose pole vaulting over other sports? Well there are plenty of reasons why but probably not the ones everyone usually brings up. If we are talking about high school aged athletes people talk about pole vaulting so they can score points and be contributing members of the track tea