PoleVaultPower.com

If i break the plane of the stop board with the pole and do not touch the ground or landing pad beyond, it is not a scratch. Is that correct? help!

coachknight wrote:If i break the plane of the stop board with the pole and do not touch the ground or landing pad beyond with either the pole or my body, it is not a scratch. Is that correct? help!

As amended for clarification, that is correct.

- master

So the ruling is is that if only one of the two components crosses, then it isn't an attempt? Are you sure? I thought it was that if the vaulter crosses at all then it was considered a jump, but the bend of the pole was allowed to pass the plane of the back of the box and one could still bail out and not scratch. Is this wrong?

powerplant42 wrote:So the ruling is is that if only one of the two components crosses, then it isn't an attempt? Are you sure? I thought it was that if the vaulter crosses at all then it was considered a jump, but the bend of the pole was allowed to pass the plane of the back of the box and one could still bail out and not scratch. Is this wrong?

You can break the Plane all you want you just can't touch anything on the other side.

vaultman18 wrote:You can break the Plane all you want you just can't touch anything on the other side.

...with either your pole or your body.

ART. 29 ... It is a foul if the competitor:
a. ...
b. ...
c. ...
d. Allows any part of his/her body or the pole to touch the ground or the
landing system beyond the vertical plane of the top of the stopboard, without
clearing the bar.
e. ...
f. ...
g. ...
h. ...
i. ...

- master

around here if anybody has stopped their run but the tip of the pole goes past the back of the box, even without touching anything it is a miss for "breaking the plane" is this correct procedure

NO