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Depends what it is about pole vaulting that you are trying to retain with your new activity. The physical demand? Mental discipline and training? Focus/intensity? Thrill? IMO, this is the extreme end of the "thrill" spectrum: proximity wingsuit BASE jumping: http://www.visualnews.com/2010/...

Under NFHS rules, it is okay for a coach (or anyone else) to view photos and videos to coach the athlete; the only restriction is that the athlete may not view them. Rule 4-5-8-g; see also the casebook (I have 2009 version, which I can't locate it right now, but the casebook situation specifically n...

drcurran wrote:A NCAA rule book has a good diagram with measurments. 2011 /2012 edition has it on page 25. I can make a copy for you if you don't have a book. Dan

It's available online as a PDF: http://www.ncaapublications.com/product ... s/TF12.pdf

It's 3 megabytes (in case your innertubes is slow)

.. This came up at a meet and the official seemed very sure of herself. She told me that it was decided at some sort of meeting that they (officials) were to wait until outdoor. I decided to let it go since the meet was not in my home state. I suppose the state we were in (Virginia) has decided to ...

In the thread "2011 Indoor meets in the SE with HS Pole Vault" I've listed three LA meets that probably are closer to you Texarkokie folks than us "South East" people (although we be "South" too! :D ) I'll paste the info for those three below, but you might want to also...

Bumping the thread, as it turns out that Clemson will host a meet in Jan (good find, PV-ATL). Info added in the original post at the top. Also (on Jan 1) added the 2nd McNeese State meet, and put in entry fees for each meet.

Note that they changed the date for the Clemson meet: now SAT Jan 22.

Bumping to move this thread up, as I've updated the post at the top with lots of additional information and live links to the actual meet pages for a few more of these meets (and added the McNeese St meets).

Off topic, but I didn't know this: "Two competitors (A&B) are left in the competition. A misses on all three trials at a height; B has missed his/her first two trials at the same height. Before taking a third trial, B requests the bar be raised to a height NOT in the established pro-gressio...

VaultPurple wrote:..I saw a high jumper fall through the mat and hurt his head.

You mean like between the two pit sections because there wasn't a top cover?

I think its a good rule, for the obvious reasons of safety and for allowing athletes who enter late in the competition a fair warmup. These two events (HJ and PV) are unique in the sometimes extreme interval between the allowed warmup period and when some of the athletes make their first attempt. I'...

Here's how I did an outdoor one: go to home depot and get two 10ft 4x4s (pressure treated), a 5 ft length of 1" piping (threaded at ends), 2 threaded flanges to screw on end of pipe, 1-2 bags of premixed concrete. Borrow a post hole digger. I think this is the Flange I used: http://www.homedepo...

Very cool.