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my question is: how many actual coaches are consulted when making rules of this nature? I guess I'm the coach for a lot of different schools now

In Indiana, unless its changed, there is one class for track. There are 32 Sectional meets (top 4 advance) that feed into 8 regional meets (top 3 advance). you are only allowed 2 entries to the sectional meet per school, unless an athlete meets what they call the "3 participant standard" (...

I generally tell my kids what Becca said, "unless its a coach I tell you to listen to, just say thank you and ignore whatever they said." There have been a few instances where I have not been able to attend a meet where I've found the list of other schools attending and instructed my kids ...

http://kokomotribune.com/obituaries/x552033690/Max-A-Richey If you live in the midwest, you'll probably know who Max is. Max owned/operated Richey Athletics and made some of the finest mats/standards I've ever seen. He was also our PV official at all out home meets at Purdue and officiated many NCAA...

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

the espn360 feed is crap....typical espn coverage. No vaults, lots of dead time with wide shots of the track when they could be showing jumps, and Dwight Stones....ugh...

World Indoor Champs 2010: Hooker makes the bar before the equipment breaks. Lavillenie does not and is out. Olympics 2008: Hooker makes the bar before the equipment breaks. Brad Walker does not and is out. are you insinuating that Steve Hooker is sabotaging the standards to gain an advantage? :devil:

I hope none of my Freshman vaulters see this. They'll be begging me to get one!

According to my old vault coach at Purdue, Noel Ruebel, "Monte Weller jumped 18 goddamned feet holding 14 goddamn 8"

but this is all purely hearsay as I have no idea if it was a 15' pole or if its even true or not.

My advice would be to become a student of the vault and try to learn as much about our sport as you can. Talk to as many coaches and vaulters as humanly possible. Like Kirk said, watch and listen to other coaches and ask questions when you see or hear something you don't understand. Don't become one...

Just looked at the photo gallery on the site of the facility.

WANT!

Do you think Doug would mind if me and my family moved in?

its only a bad idea if something goes wrong.