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- Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:45 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: Speed gates
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4867
Re: Speed gates
I built one for what would cost about $500 today. It uses industrial photocells, a timer clock and a hand built switching circuit to turn the clock on and off on command from the photocells. its harwired not wireless like the units that Gill and MF sell. The 4 photo cells cost about $80 each , the t...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:42 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Coaches Forum
- Topic: Help with Jack
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8905
Re: Help with Jack
Tim, You are touching on a subject I recently discussed with some college coaches- Do you shortcut the development process to get more immediate results? Few of us have the training time with an athlete that Petrov and Bubka had in the teen years. I have not trained a athlete as apparently talented ...
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:39 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: Dropping a box in a track
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2134
Re: Dropping a box in a track
I once removed 2 boxes and reinstalled them in different positions. It cost me(the school) about $600. I needed to rent a concrete saw, electric jack hammer, portable cement mixer and a bunch of premixed concrete. It was hard work. The two tricky things were- cutting thru the rubberized surface clea...
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:17 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: Roll out runway
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8642
Re: Roll out runway
I looked up the rollout at MF athletics-- they call it "instant runway"- 12mm thick by 36 in wide for $6.90 /running foot-. We have some 12mm x 42in x 100 ft. at our school and when we roll it up for storage we have to get a forklift to move it. I put a long pipe thru the roll and got 4 st...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:16 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: Roll out runway
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8642
Re: Roll out runway
Roll out runway is available at MF Athletics -see mfathletics.com- 100 feet is going to cost you $800 to $1000 .
Try the Sand and Gravel processors(quarry) they use lots of rubber belt conveyors.
Try the Sand and Gravel processors(quarry) they use lots of rubber belt conveyors.
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:28 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - High School
- Topic: New NFHS Rule
- Replies: 62
- Views: 32446
Since I sometimes officiate, I am curious how others handle the problem of being close enough to the pit to determine if the plane is broken on a bail and being far enough up the runway to see the box to make sure the pole is not planted beyond the plane. I'm usually about 40 feet from the box so I ...
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:50 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: E-Glass, S-Glass, and Carbon fiber Glass Poles...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3595
A pole is in simple terms a tube described by an inside diameter, wall thickness and length. For durability reasons, you want to maintain a reasonable wall thickness or the pole is susceptible to accidental damage. So the way you change the pole stiffness is mostly by diameter changes. So if you had...
- Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:05 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - General
- Topic: Did Pole Vaulting come easy to you?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7380
- Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:47 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: What's the best plant box?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2107
- Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:52 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: Installing a new box!!! AhhhH!!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11255
As for putting the box in the garage floor, I would rent a concrete saw and cut the floor in a rectangle that is 6 inches wider and longer per side than the box. You can use mortar mix to fill in around the box instead of concrete mix because the mortar is easier to tear out later if needed. As for ...
- Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:22 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Equipment
- Topic: Building standard base pads
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2232
I built a set about 8 years ago. They ended up costing me $200 but they were a custom fit for my standard bases which is nicer than a uinversal set of pads that shift around and you have reconfim the zero mark every time you move the standands. I built a wooden base from 1x's and plywood that snugly...
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:23 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Coaches Forum
- Topic: Education experience?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 58841
Currently 52 years old-- started vaulting at age 6 continued thru high school. Away from the sport for 25 years. Took up coaching my son 10 years ago and continue to coach high school boys and girls in Indiana. Have had 8 State qualifiers and 3 all state vaulters. Learned about everything I know abo...