Landing Box

[xtremevaulter]

I don't think it is a good idea. Because there are some vaulters out there who tend to land to the left or right a little bit. But how big would this box be and how much of your body must you get into it.

[rainbowgirl28]

They're pretty big... If you are totally missing it you are doing something wrong on your vault. Tim Reilly is a really big advocate of the box and the three strikes rule. He was working on making it mandatory for the metro league last year, but I don't think it ever actually happened.

[baggettpv]

We had a coaches box in 1970 (sophomore year) it was 3 foam bags. You put them on top of the sawdust where you landed. We became very good at landing on them too.....
Just a flash from the past.

Rick Baggett

[lonestar]

We had a coaches box in 1970 (sophomore year) it was 3 foam bags. You put them on top of the sawdust where you landed. We became very good at landing on them too.....
Just a flash from the past.

Rick Baggett

Ha Ha - Amen Rick, Amen.

Every guy I've ever talked to from the 70's says the same thing - they didn't have a pit to land in, just a few bags of foam, and yet nobody seemed to have any trouble landing in them. Could it be that we've placed too much emphasis on big pole high grip? Hmmmmm.

Kris Allison

[TXPVCOACH]

Maybe the guys in the 70's knew how to vault ???

Short of giant pits and air bags around the box for those who come up short there is no substitute for knowledgeable coaches and vaulters.

You can make all the Helmets, Targets and Pole Weight Rules you want too but there is no substitute for vaulters knowing how to vault and coaches knowing how to coach them.

[baggettpv]

First time on a cloud 9 was at Richland, Wa. for a friday night meet. Stands were full of parents and admirers. Roy Gill and I both jumped 14'6" determined NOT to land on the edge of the pit. That is the place we learned to jump on soft pits.
Remember the Cloud 9?

Rick

[Decamouse]

Kohler HS in Wisc had a cloud nine in the early 70's - also an all weather track - maybe thats why most of our HS meets where at that school - and you better land in the middle and not feet first.

[lonestar]

Cloud 9's were a little before my time, but didn't they have like a wooden frame all the way around them?

[Decamouse]

Not the ones I saw - just a big bag with a blower on one side blowing air into it to keep it inflated - and hope no one unplugged it will you vaulted

[Robert schmitt]

Decamouse Wrote:

Kohler HS in Wisc had a cloud nine in the early 70's - also an all weather track - maybe thats why most of our HS meets where at that school - and you better land in the middle and not feet first.

Kohler were are you from? I went to Plymouth HS.

[hurstiger]

I remember in the late 60's, we had 2X12's that formed a box that we filled with rice hulls that we got from the local rice mill. Didn't jump high....wonder why?

[Tigerrrpv]

The coaches box is only a big ten rule no other conferences have adopted it, I don't even think it will fly in the big ten considering no one really know the exact way to enforce it.