The Manson kids have been surrounded by pole vaulting all of their lives. Pat, who set two NCAA records at Kansas, conducts pole vault summer camps and knows many of the greats in the sport.

At least that seems to be the thinking at Scotland's Up Yer Pole dance studio, which I've learned (via The Frisky) is offering to teach kids just out of kindergarten how to work the pole.

Athletes are drawn to the pole vaulting pit for any number ... joined the summer program to learn the sport or reach the next level. “We coach kids from everywhere,” program director Jerry ...

A kindergarten principal in China tried to liven up a back-to-school event by hiring a pole dancer — and was ... crowds of 3- to 6-year-old kids dressed in pristine uniforms and their parents ...

did a demonstration on This Morning Pole dancing classes for children have been defended by a sports governing body following claims that it sexualises youngsters. The Pole Intentions classes in ...

At the world championships for pole sports in London, athletes are here to compete and change attitudes about pole dancing. WSJ's Veronika Gulyas reports. Photo: IPSF. LONDON—There are terms a ...