Adding weights to slide box

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Adding weights to slide box

Unread postby ACvault » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:21 pm

Does anyone here have a diagram for a homemade slide box where I could had spokes in the back to place weights on for resistance. And also, are track surfaces the only surface you can use a slide box on?

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Re: Adding weights to slide box

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:37 pm

ACvault wrote:Does anyone here have a diagram for a homemade slide box where I could had spokes in the back to place weights on for resistance. And also, are track surfaces the only surface you can use a slide box on?


You can add carpet to the bottom and use it inside a gym.

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Unread postby vcpvcoach » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:18 pm

We have a set for our indoor track. One for the gym floor. And, one for asphalt. Note of caution----spot your athletes when they first start on asphalt. I had one boy last year not resist the pole and ended up on his back with a knot on the back of the head.

Go to Jan Johnson website for a diagram for the box.
www.skyjumpers.com

Also, Monday morning, go to Home Depot in the back by the saw and look in the cut wood bin. I've made a slide box for less than ten dollars.

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Unread postby ACvault » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:52 pm

I can't find the diagram

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Unread postby master » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:13 pm

Check out this topic to see if it provides the information you want.

http://polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7265

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Unread postby stormvault » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:42 pm

Depending on how you build your skid box, you can build it so that you stack them one behind the other and that will offer resistance and weight. If you build it in the shape of a giant V the back of one box will fit inside the other.


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