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Unread postby pvgrl09 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:27 pm

helmets are like the pocket protectors of the vault world. . . no offense to those who wear them but whatever!
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Unread postby blakedow » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:43 pm

pvgrl09 wrote:helmets are like the pocket protectors of the vault world. . . no offense to those who wear them but whatever!


On behalf of my early days of vaulting when I DIDNT HAVE A COACH, I resent that... At least I dont think I was a nerd of the vault world... In fact, I would only suggest that uneducated vaulters and/or vaulters with uneducated coaches should wear them... Toby Stevenson is the exception to this rule, because he is simply a bad A... So I think a better simile would be that helmets are like diapers... When you, or your coach, has become smart enough, you will no longer need one... And when you are old you should wear begin to wear them again, much like diapers as well... :P
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:57 pm

blakedow wrote:At least I dont think I was a nerd of the vault world... In fact, I would only suggest that uneducated vaulters and/or vaulters with uneducated coaches should wear them...


I think all uneducated pole vault coaches should wear helmets all the time so we can pick them out at meets and make fun of them behind their backs :P
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Unread postby achtungpv » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:51 am

rainbowgirl28 wrote:
blakedow wrote:At least I dont think I was a nerd of the vault world... In fact, I would only suggest that uneducated vaulters and/or vaulters with uneducated coaches should wear them...


I think all uneducated pole vault coaches should wear helmets all the time so we can pick them out at meets and make fun of them behind their backs :P


Most of them are wearing the polyester Bike shorts that come up just below their man boobs. They're pretty easy to spot.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:33 am

lonestar wrote:
When the UIL and NFHS finally decide to approach this issue seriously and intelligently, and require mandatory certification of all high school and jr. high vault coaches


Can you imagine which coaches they'd pick to develop the certification? That could be scary!
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You may need a helmet if::::::

Unread postby Bruce Caldwell » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:47 pm

You may need a helmet if::::::
Your coach tells you to lie about your weight and the rating of the pole!
You may need a helmet if::::::
If the facility you vault at does not have a regulation landing system!
You may need a helmet if::::::
[b]If the hard and unyielding surfaces are not covered by 2â€Â
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Unread postby PVJESS08 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:40 pm

blakedow wrote:
pvgrl09 wrote:helmets are like the pocket protectors of the vault world. . . no offense to those who wear them but whatever!


...At least I dont think I was a nerd of the vault world...


haha Blake, you are a pole vault ninja...you were never a nerd of the vault world.
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