First Movement After Take Off

This is a forum to discuss advanced pole vaulting techniques. If you are in high school you should probably not be posting or replying to topics here, but do read and learn.
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Dec 30, 2002 11:45 pm

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Unread postby Decamouse » Wed Jan 01, 2003 8:06 am

Love Technology - as the wooky said -we have to check from home - must be talk of big poles and soft boxes - which by the way is currently a major topic as is reducing cost - I have done a knee drop from a couple feet up onto the edge and no pain - deflected and absorbed nicely -

It really starts with safe set-ups - i.e. at least meet the rules - add a little common sense (that may be tough in some places) - I have missed HJ pits that are substandard (back in college - long ago) -

Good coaching and supervision is important esp. at the early stages - HS vaulters are much more liekly to do something a little hair brained that say a post collegiate or Masters vaulter - I have seen them on the runway with the pole backwards!

The other part of this equation is officials with enough knowledge and fortitude to say no vaulting if the facility is sub-standard and to be able to recoginze unsafe practices
Plant like crap sometimes ok most times

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Unread postby Tigerrrpv » Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:16 pm

I agree that coaching is the beginning to safe vaulting. When I was in high school my coach(me) knew nothing I learned from tape and the occasional camp. In order for vault to be a safer event we have to get rid of or teach the "wannabe" vault coach or else I agree that eventually vault will go away because of the danger. I look back to what I've learned in college and what I knew in high school and I think its a miracle that I didn't die but I thought I knew what I was doing. This whole Hold high go high idea has to disappear especially with the inexperienced or else vaulters will become an endangered species.


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