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Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby wanttolearn » Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:19 am

I've been kicking myself for many years now for not having vaulted in HS and figure I better give it a try before I get old (I'll be 46 years young in Oct). Does anyone know of a good place to take some novice lessons in Southern California? I live in La Habra Heights which is East of Whittier and West of Fullerton (about 25mi East of downtown LA). Brian

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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby vaultmd » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:17 am

There is a vault club at Servite.

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Unread postby wanttolearn » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:33 pm

Thanks vaultmd I'll check out the Servite club.

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Unread postby Bubba PV » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:05 pm

I met a cool guy at Outdoor Nationals in Wisconsin this year who just started vaulting for the first time at 50. It was on his "Bucket List" and here he was at Nationals. Totally awesome!! Good luck to you and hope to get to meet you. Bubba
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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby DCSouth1 » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:44 pm

Just to piggyback on this thread -- does anyone know a good place to learn in the Washington DC area?

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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby Barto » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:11 am

I hate to hijack this thread, but I will be opening up my training center just 45 minutes north of New Orleans on Oct 15th. We have a bunkhouse that sleeps 16 with bathroom and shower facilities and indoor vaulting equipment. My credentials as a coach include, "I've never killed anyone." So anyone interested in coming and staying just let us know. Our rates for room and coaching are $50 per day.

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ps - The fishing here is incredible and you can be on Bourbon Street in less than an hour from our facility. Maybe some of you masters guys should get together and do a "boot camp" here. Just a thought.
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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby gymnastsrock » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:36 am

Bubba PV wrote:I met a cool guy at Outdoor Nationals in Wisconsin this year who just started vaulting for the first time at 50. It was on his "Bucket List" and here he was at Nationals. Totally awesome!! Good luck to you and hope to get to meet you. Bubba


That's so cool! And here my boyfriend is a college freshman thinking he's too old to start! I think he's going to be quite good actually. Our school is small, with only 1 guy who vaults(pr=12'), and 2 girls including myself (the other's pr=7') So I think it would be a good learning environment.
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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby vaultmd » Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:07 pm

Barto wrote:I hate to hijack this thread, but I will be opening up my training center just 45 minutes north of New Orleans on Oct 15th. We have a bunkhouse that sleeps 16 with bathroom and shower facilities and indoor vaulting equipment. My credentials as a coach include, "I've never killed anyone." So anyone interested in coming and staying just let us know. Our rates for room and coaching are $50 per day.

Mike Bartolina

ps - The fishing here is incredible and you can be on Bourbon Street in less than an hour from our facility. Maybe some of you masters guys should get together and do a "boot camp" here. Just a thought.


Did you do it right and include a built-in refrigerated beer cooler?

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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby Barto » Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:29 pm

[quote="vaultmd]Did you do it right and include a built-in refrigerated beer cooler?[/quote]

No, you have to walk 25 feet from the pv pit into the kitchen of "the big house" to get a fresh beverage.
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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby vaultmd » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:53 am

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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby master » Fri Oct 02, 2009 11:11 pm

Hey Wilson, maybe Barto has a good idea there for an ol' guys gathering for several days. :yes:

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Re: Know any good places to learn to vault?

Unread postby vaultmd » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:30 am

master wrote:Hey Wilson, maybe Barto has a good idea there for an ol' guys gathering for several days. :yes:

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Could be, but how many of us could make a 25' trip after a jump?







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