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The real issue is that they are giving us a bullet proof vest and telling us it is good enough to survive a BB gun, and telling our college guys that they can walk through a field of 50 Cal rounds! The current test are tested for something like 12.5 feet. You may argue that is better than the old st...

Well here is clarification: The NCAA is in the process of finalizing a memo that will be sent to the membership this week regarding the pole vault box collar requirement. The memo provides clarification to coaches and administrators that the NCAA’s pole vault box collar padding rule requires all pol...

The NCAA rule is clear and well written. I have yet to see that anyone has submitted an iterp to them as is their procedure requires. They have not reason to put out a release if no one is asking them to interpret the rule. 99% of the college coaches I have spoke to have wanted a better interpretat...

In my opinion ASTM is a way to pass the blame. If the NCAA were to come straight out and state their interpretation of the rule in the NCAA rule book they would be liable if anything went wrong. This is why I think the 'And' in the rule was more of a wording error on their part that they will allow ...

I recently joined ASTM and became a voting member. I have now learned that this is one of the worst regulated organization and am really baffled as to why the NCAA would ever use them. I needed to show no proof that I knew anything about the equipment or pole vaulting. I also receive emails asking m...

If you are not the high schools head track and field coach there is not a very good chance they will pay you at all. The only people I know that have coached at a high school and made any money out of it allow the students at that school to jump for free in exchange for use of facilities and they ru...

I am pretty confident that an ASTM collar will be required even if the mat extends to the box (the slanted mat material is not nearly thick enough or of the same quality as the ASTM standard box). From what I have heard I would assume the UCS collar will look a lot like their old one but just meet t...

On December 1, 2013, the new NCAA Track & Field rule that mandates the use of a Pole Vault Box Collar that meets ASTM Standard F2949-12 goes into effect. NCAA Track & Field coaches should be aware that the ASTM’s F08.67 subcommittee, which is responsible for the ASTM F2949-12 standard, has ...

then the only way the world record is going to be broken is by someone that is as athletic as Bubka or close to it that performs the same technique better than Bubka, or by having someone perform the same technique as Bubka but is more athletic than Bubka. I think you answered the question. However...

This year we have had a lot of trouble with the parents of our club. They have just dont seem to get it!!! We had a girl that was a senior in high school jumping 11 feet and was prepairing to try and walk on at C of C but her mother told her that she could not vault this summer and may have ruined ...

No. If your hands are wet use chalk. But putting glue type substances on your hands will just mess up the pole tape for anyone else that does not like a sticky pole. I have seen people pole vault with no chalk and dripping wet grip tape without their hands sliding. If you let go of the pole or slip ...

I honestly do not think the activator will cause that big of an issue, but just making sure that little cord across the front does not make it illegal because it is before the "Zero" mark. Secondly. You stated that it causes 1/3 of a flex number or .00041. What are the units on that .00041...