How to do a forward roll
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rainbowgirl28
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jumpbackin
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Let's spice this one up a bit. We're pole vaulters so a lot of us probably have good foreward roll stories. Here's mine:
Doing Trampoline work, my turn ending, I decide to exit the tramp by leaping over to the foam mats several yards away. Unfortunately I was wearing socks and the mat got very steep on the edge when I tried to jump from it.
As you might guess my feet slipped and I found myself flat-out and about eight feet in the air with nothin but wrestling mats underneath. All the diving over furniture as a kid really paid off. I was able to tuck and roll right out of it.
I popped up and looked over at my coach (Greg Hull, btw). When he saw I was alright he just dropped his head and started shaking it. I still smile when I think about that one.
Doing Trampoline work, my turn ending, I decide to exit the tramp by leaping over to the foam mats several yards away. Unfortunately I was wearing socks and the mat got very steep on the edge when I tried to jump from it.
As you might guess my feet slipped and I found myself flat-out and about eight feet in the air with nothin but wrestling mats underneath. All the diving over furniture as a kid really paid off. I was able to tuck and roll right out of it.
I popped up and looked over at my coach (Greg Hull, btw). When he saw I was alright he just dropped his head and started shaking it. I still smile when I think about that one.
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vault3rb0y
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My parachute once failed on a base jumping workout. So as i approached the concrete below i gathered my posture and rolled out of it as soon as i hit the ground. When my coach saw i was ok, he just dropped his head and shook it. If it werent for super human leg strength and new Asics Gel Kayanos, i surely would have parished. I still smile and think "good times" everytime i recall that story... 
The greater the challenge, the more glorious the triumph
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jumpbackin
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vault3rb0y wrote:My parachute once failed on a base jumping workout. So as i approached the concrete below i gathered my posture and rolled out of it as soon as i hit the ground. When my coach saw i was ok, he just dropped his head and shook it. If it werent for super human leg strength and new Asics Gel Kayanos, i surely would have parished. I still smile and think "good times" everytime i recall that story...
I just don't get why you're making fun of me...
I also don't get why I think you're kind of funny...
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vault3rb0y
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I dont get why you think im making fun of you. Im just making light of the post like you did. Sorry if that offended you?? it was in no way meant to attack you, i just felt like making up a story 
. Not to say yours was made up, no sarcasm i believe yours is true.
. Not to say yours was made up, no sarcasm i believe yours is true.The greater the challenge, the more glorious the triumph
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