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Decision to Vault

Unread postby wacky274 » Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:04 am

I dont know if this has been posted before or not, but i'm curious as what made each of you want to pole vault? Also, what drives you each and every day to get out there and give it your all? Just curious
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Unread postby OAKPV2004 » Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:37 am

I just like the feeling when the pole launches you skyward. :devil: I love going higher and higher, thats what motivates me to keep going too.
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Sun Nov 16, 2003 1:26 pm

the thrill is what motivates me...when I vault, I'm free...
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Unread postby Azbeachboy1 » Sun Nov 16, 2003 3:49 pm

I got nothin else to do....... :D
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Unread postby Skyin' Brian » Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:02 pm

never was a big fan of team sports. i love individual sports with a strong team involvement though. of course it helps that i cant throw, catch, or shoot all that well. i wasnt too bad of a hitter in baseball, but nothing spectacular and i was a little afraid of the ball. plus i just love to vault. it is the greatest event in the greatest sport in the world.
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Unread postby keelowman » Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:51 pm

The way I got into pole vaulting is a very weird one. I didnt play any sports through high school and my senior year a friend needed a sparing partner and said if I joined the wrestling team he would give me a pair of shoes, so I joined and after the season was over I wanted to compete some more. Another friend of mine was a pole vaulter and he asked me to join up and the rest is history.
So I guess it took a free pair of wrestling shoes to get me to vault.
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Unread postby lonestar » Sun Nov 16, 2003 7:30 pm

chicks dig it ;)
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Unread postby batvaulter » Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:39 am

i love to jump ill do it till i die its the rush of being upside down and being able to pull urself over a bare. and having the feeling of when u clear a bare at pr height and whatching it on the way down to the mat. thats whats keeps me jumping
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Unread postby Ajint_Smith » Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:45 am

I wanted to vault because they just got to do that every day while i was running sprints. haha. Now I'm just obsessed.... :dazed:
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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:03 pm

Ajint_Smith wrote:I wanted to vault because they just got to do that every day while i was running sprints. haha. Now I'm just obsessed.... :dazed:

haha, arent you lucky...... i do my sprint workout, distance workout occasionally, THEn my pv workout.... and practice hj and lj durin my breaks..... thats all changing this yera though, now im good enough to have my own workout, consisting of pole vaulting and short sprints/hj :D
o yeah, and why do i vault? man, i just love the flying part, and what a rush! and its ADDICTING!
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Unread postby gUnitSoldier » Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:28 am

yeah i decided to vault in 10th gade cause i was to slow to sprint, now i suck at vaulitn, my pr is 12 6, but i really cant do anything else so ill do it for one more year than im off to psu
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:45 pm

12'6 does not suck...I've been vaulting since the end of my freshman year at high school and I only have a PR of 11'6" and now I'm a Freshman at WSC, and I haven't had much of a chance to test my vaulting yet...but still...
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