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I have a 14'6" 175 Pacer Carbon if you are interested. It is used. PM me if you are interested.

Nick

I will be at the summit. I have a few poles I'd be willing to sell. These poles vary in condition, some are fair and some are good. 14 135 sky pole $100 14 140 sky pole $100 14.6 165 pacer carbon $200 14.6 175 pacer carbon $200 15 140 sky pole $100 15.9 165 Pacer III $50 If you are interested in any...

Which brings up a few extra questions:
1) Does a vault coach need to watch every vault?
2) Do you give feedback after every vault?
3) Would you be considered negligent if an accident happened and you didn't see a vault?

Once I read this horrible news, it made me realize that as vault coaches and athletes, we all need to learn from "what went wrong." I am wondering if anyone is familiar with DeSalle's pole vault set up. What kind of pit was used, what size, whether it was a raised runway, how big were the ...

I totally agree. But what I find difficult is reading my crystal ball and telling which one is going to mature and flourish, and which one is just not that much of an athlete. The other thing I'm wanting to test (and looking for suggestions on how to test) is agressiveness. Especially with girls. M...

Anything that'll show their basic natural athletic ability - speed, explosiveness, coordination would be valuable. time a flying 10m or 20m to get an idea of raw speed overhead shotput toss to test explosiveness 6 step long jump/standing long jump maybe running 5 low hurdles could give you an idea ...

One other suggestion would be to break the team into "JV" and "Varsity", and have dedicated times for each. This way you would be able to weed out the beginning vaulters who probably won't stick with it. Either way, get help or reduce the # of kids you coach at one time. They de...

How about covering those standards with some base pads? You look like you know what your doing, but all it takes is one bad jump.

Safety first!

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I completely agree. Today I counted 20 vaulters and they all but 2 or 3 vault below 11 feet. I completely understand about time management. I always weigh more heavily on giving kids a shot even if they don't have much talent as long as they are willing to work for it. Both of our pits are outdoors,...

The pits are positioned linearly on the homeside of our track. I would have an excellent view of both pits from the stadium, but they are at least 165 feet apart. I am thinking about setting up some cones at 40 feet on one runway, with a strict rule of Nobody starts farther than the cones. I think t...

I have been fortunate enough to get a second set of pole vault pits. I coach at the high school level and do a fairly poor job of recruiting, but manage to have 22 or so vaulters on a team size of about 180. With one pit, I would have half of the vaulters do a running workout while the other half va...