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pit problem
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:59 pm
by txpolevaulter_k25
At this meet I went to today, the school had a pit that didn't have any curve in it behind the box, and my pole kept on hitting it and i couldn't jump good at all. Has anybody ever jumped on a pit like this? The pits brand is, lisco or something like that. (plus a 20 mph head wind didn't help much)
Re: pit problem
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:07 pm
by rainbowgirl28
txpolevaulter_k25 wrote:At this meet I went to today, the school had a pit that didn't have any curve in it behind the box, and my pole kept on hitting it and i couldn't jump good at all. Has anybody ever jumped on a pit like this? The pits brand is, lisco or something like that. (plus a 20 mph head wind didn't help much)
It's good that you were aware that this problem existed. Hopefully you had some shorter and smaller poles you could use to compensate for it instead of just beating your head against the wall wondering why you couldn't get in the pit.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:31 pm
by achtungpv
Good ol' Lisco. Probably the worst designed pit ever. A great example of "you get what you pay for."
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:34 pm
by txpolevaulter_k25
yeah, i jumped 13'6 and broke our school record the day before, and then jumped 11'6 today, but i was using a WAY smaller pole that didn't bend much, pretty much like advanced staight poling
my coach didn;t think that it would be a problem and he kept telling me to get over it and jump, that was the only thing that really bothered me.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:23 am
by rainbowgirl28
txpolevaulter_k25 wrote:yeah, i jumped 13'6 and broke our school record the day before, and then jumped 11'6 today, but i was using a WAY smaller pole that didn't bend much, pretty much like advanced staight poling
my coach didn;t think that it would be a problem and he kept telling me to get over it and jump, that was the only thing that really bothered me.
Maybe your coach should have taken a few jumps and tried it out.
The NFHS rule manual makes it very clear why it is best to have the front part tapered, though I think they do stop short of mandating it for some reason.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:36 am
by txpolevaulter_k25
rainbowgirl28 wrote:txpolevaulter_k25 wrote:yeah, i jumped 13'6 and broke our school record the day before, and then jumped 11'6 today, but i was using a WAY smaller pole that didn't bend much, pretty much like advanced staight poling
my coach didn;t think that it would be a problem and he kept telling me to get over it and jump, that was the only thing that really bothered me.
Maybe your coach should have taken a few jumps and tried it out.
The NFHS rule manual makes it very clear why it is best to have the front part tapered, though I think they do stop short of mandating it for some reason.
yeah, i can see why now. Pits like that are just dangerous.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:25 am
by stormvault
The same thing can happen on an angled front that is elevate with pallets and to close to the box.