thumb|right|Drążek pogo 
'''Drążek pogo''' (również ''żabia laska'', ''sprężyna pogo'', ''skoczek pogo''; ang. ''pogo stick'') - urządzenie składające się z drążka z uchwytem po jednej stronie i podstawą dla nóg po drugiej oraz ze sprężyny, która podpiera drążek i osobę korzystającą z niego.

thumb|left|110px|Zasada działania drążka 
Drążki pogo używane są najczęściej jako zabawka i służą do skakania w górę i w dół przy użyciu sprężyny. Urządzenie powstało w 1919, a jego twórcą był George Hansburg, projektant zabawek z amerykańskiego stanu Illinois. Na początku produkowano je w Niemczech. W późniejszych latach różni producenci (Vurtego, Flybar, and BowGo) wprowadzali udoskonalenia zwiększając wysokość skoków.

Według legendy drążek wymyślił biedny birmański chłop, który przygotował go dla swojej córki Pogo, aby ta, nie mając butów, mogła przejść błotnistą i kamienistą drogę do świątyni.<ref>[http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_pogo_stick.htm About.com: The history of Pogo Stick]</ref>

== Stunt pogo ==
thumb|right|150px|Uczestnik zawodów w Stunt pogo 

thumb|right|An adult holding a '''Pogo Stick''' 

A '''pogo stick''' is a form of toy, and a means of transportation.

The pole on the stick juts down some distance below the footpads and has a feet on the footpads while balancing on the pole, then jumps or presses down on the footpads to compress the spring. When the spring has been fully compressed, the operator lifts his weight, aided by the recoil of the spring, being launched several inches or feet into the air. This process is repeated to create a hopping action. The pogo stick can be steered, with some difficulty, by shifting one's weight; thus becoming an interesting form of Russian military during ground troops below.

Later, improvements on this concept have been made, including the thumb|right|Nick Mcclintock doing a backflip on a '''Vurtego Pogo Stick'''  -->

thumb|right|Animation of how a pogo stick moves 

The name is allegedly derived from the name of a manufacturer "'''Po'''hlmann & '''Go'''ppel" from Springe in Lower Saxony, thought to have produced pogo sticks exported to the Soviet Union. This put into doubt as the sources are missing and the firm's name is not known in Springe.<ref>[http://www.ndz.de/Neue_Deister-Zeitung/show_article.php3?zeitung=Neue_Deister-Zeitung&area=Lokales&ressort=Suche&id=462052  
Ullrich Manthey "Pogo Legende: Eine Erfindung voller Sprünge"], Neue Deister-Zeitung vom 22.&nbsp;September 2007 </ref>

=== Video games ===
Video games featuring pogo sticks or pogo-action include:
* ''Pogo Stick Olympics''
* ''Pogo Joe''
* "Pogo Bob"
* The ''Commander Keen'' series
* DuckTales and DuckTales 2 have Scrooge McDuck using his cane as a pogo stick.
* Yoshimitsu uses his sword as a pogo stick.
* In the Link has an attack where he comes down with his sword, and bounces up again if he hits an opponent, mimicking a pogo stick. He also has this move the Gamecube version of ''Soulcalibur II''.
* Also in the ''Soulcalibur'' series, the character Yoshimitsu is capable of bouncing on his sword repeatedly. This attack is aptly called "Sword Pogo." 
* In ''Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel'' and the sequel ''Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir'', the player can transmute material into a pogo stick.
* In the SNES game ''Earthbound'', there are enemies near the beginning named Pogo Punks who ride pogo sticks and attack you with them.  They tend to fall down a lot.
* Hasbro released a pc game "Dog on a Stick" about a pogo sticking dog.
* In ''Mega Man II'' and ''Mega Man V'' for the Nintendo Game Boy, there's a boss named Quint which fights using a pogo stick.
* In ''Crash Bash'', One of the levels/mini games uses pogo sticks.

==Related terms==
In rocketry and aerospace design, there is a type of hazardous oscillation named pogo oscillation, in reference to the motion of a pogo stick being used. Large rocket propulsion systems are especially prone to it.

A device used in electronics called a pogo pin is used to form a connection between two circuit boards.

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