Summer Vault Club 2025

Peak Athletics is glad to be coming back for another great summer. Peak Athletics is a pole vaulting development group that’s goal is to improve athletes in not only pole vaulting, but overall athlete development. As well as pole vaulting we work on the development of strength, gymnastics, and speed development. We have use of an indoor turf area at the gym next door as well as a weight room.

Peak has several options to get started for the summer. You can start in either May or June depending on your schedule. If you plan on doing the May and summer session please indicate which group you would like to attend for each.

The Coach: Chris Spear
25 Years involved in Pole Vaulting
Coaching: 18 Years
High School: Spain Park (2006)
College: Clemson (2010)
Post Collegiate: Bell Athletics
Personal Best: 17’ 3”
Accomplishments:
Former high school indoor record holder, 3 time state champion, All-ACC Athlete, NCAA qualifier, 2008 Penn Relays Medalist. Coach of multiple Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia State medalist and champions. Coach of a national runner up and 2 time national champion. Our athletes consistently medal and score at the state championship meet.

Cost: $900 June 2nd - August 1st

$1,000 May 5th - August 1st

Cash or Check or Venmo (chris-spear-5)

Cards are also accepted with a 4.5% fee

Can split into 2 payments

(First due by May 15th, Second due by June 1st)

May Session

Practices:

May 5th - May 30th

Monday/Wednesday: (4:00PM-6:30PM Group 1) (6:00-8:30PM Group 2)

Tuesday/Thursday: (4:00 PM - 7:00 PM)

Summer Session

Jumping Days with Running

Monday/Wednesday:

(2:30-5:00 PM Group 1)

(4:30-7:00 PM Group 2)

(6:30-9:00 PM Group 3)

If it rains on your jump day we will have a make up day on Fridays unless we are travelling for competition.

Form Running/Lifting Days

Tuesday/Thursday

(4:30-7:30 PM for all groups)

Location:

2790 Pelham Parkway

Pelham, Alabama 35124

Meets: (these are subject to change)

May (TBD)

June 6th-7th: Pole Vault in the Plaza (Naples, FL)

June 13th: Peak Athletics Meet #1 (5:00 PM Start Time)

June 21st: TBD

June 28th: TBD (Potentially Oxford, MS)

July 5th: Off

July 12th: Vulcan Vault (Pelham, AL)

July 19th: Dauphin Street (Mobile, AL)

July 26th: (TBD)

August 1st: Peak Meet #2 (5:00 PM Start Time)

Summer Club Athletes
As an athlete at Peak you get Coaching, training, and weightlifting. A T-shirt, use of nearly 200+ poles, access to gym, no entry fee for Peak Athletics home meets, and a uniform top your first year. (Travel, Hotels, and Entry fees for non Peak home meets are not included.)

If we do end up hosting a street vault in Homewood I will need a lot of help to put it on. Anyone that helps will have entry fee for the street vault waived for helping set up and tear down.

Commonly asked questions:

Q: Do the athletes have to attend every practice and every meet?

A: Athletes are not required to attend all practices and meets. Athletes are encouraged to come to all the practices. Consistent practice leads to a much more consistent jump. Hard to increase your PR if there is a big break between training sessions.

Q: What if you can only make it to the jumping sessions? (I.E. Live way out of town, work, Etc.)

A: That is a common problem for our athletes. We have several athletes who can only make jump days or the jump days and maybe one of the training days. All the workouts for the week we will be doing will be typed up and emailed out to the athletes by Monday night so that they can do them from their home facilities if they can’t make it on training days.

Q: Why does the camp cost what it does?

A: The camp for the summer I believe is priced at a reasonable cost for what all is being provided for the athletes. Most weekend camps cost $250 or more and are several hours away and require hotel stays. Members are also provided clothing their first year and training. Also equipment and poles are expensive. I’m one of the few clubs in the area that has a full series of poles from bottom to top that is provided for the athletes use. Also we have doubles of most on hand so that if we have one break we don’t have to wait for another one to be delivered. If a pole breaks I do not charge the athlete for breaking a pole, unless they clearly broke it intentionally. One pole can cost nearly what a summer fee costs. We don’t want one to break, but we have to plan for the unforeseeable.

If attending please email me the sign up sheet with the subject line "Peak Athletics Sign Up 2024" or if you have any other questions email me at Chrisspear@peakathleticspv.com. Please send information about doing the trial by April 22nd and the summer information by May 6th so that I can order all the uniforms and shirts.