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How to avoid snapping poles?
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:29 pm
by NeverGiveUp17
Four days ago i was vaulting on a 14' 6" 170 pacer carbon from 7 lefts and i snapped it in half, my coach said i didnt jump off the ground at all, which is very unusual for me and its only the second pole i've broken in my career ( the last one was like 6 years ago and it was an 11 footer). Anyways iam only 5'9 140lbs and i snapped a 170! so was it a one time thing? just one of those freakish accidents that rarely happens?
Iam only concerned because its 2 weeks until reno and i dont have anymore 14'6" poles to vault on, i've been making my way to 15's but have only done a few easy jumps on them this year so far, so i guess it means i HAVE to get on those 15's since i dont have anything else? a sign from the gods maybe? telling me iam suppose to be on the big poles now? i'll keep telling myself that lol.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:01 pm
by cdmilton
A spike mark or a nick from falling and hitting the standards can cause a pole to break if enough surface area of the pole is removed. Carbon poles are made with less fiberglass since the carbon layer is stronger than fiberglass. Any nick or ding to a carbon pole is more likely to cause a breakage than a pure fiberglass pole because there is less pole thickness there.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:05 pm
by nitro
if you dont jump off the ground and you sink and pull down on your top hand a pole will break
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:17 pm
by KYSEAMAN
why would you pull down on your top hand at takeoff????
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:30 am
by NeverGiveUp17
Ya i dont pull down with my top hand when i take off, i think it was a matter of not jumping up and sinking that snapped my pole
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:17 am
by achtungpv
KYSEAMAN wrote:why would you pull down on your top hand at takeoff????
Because too many people believe the more you bend a pole the higher you will jump.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:22 pm
by Sean/vaulter/naeS
yeah probably nicked pole, normal breaks break the pole in four places not just one.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:26 pm
by nitro
KYSEAMAN wrote:why would you pull down on your top hand at takeoff????
because you can get your top hand to your quad faster but all you end up doing is sinking at the take off
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:55 pm
by JumpinSkiing
achtungpv wrote:KYSEAMAN wrote:why would you pull down on your top hand at takeoff????
Because too many people believe the more you bend a pole the higher you will jump.
I was actually taught to pull on the top hand by my coach, yeah, i'm suprised I haven't broken a load of poles, after finding this site i've realized that my coach doesn't know anything.
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:54 pm
by vault3rb0y
JumpinSkiing wrote:after finding this site i've realized that my coach doesn't know anything.
LOL thats a sad but true story....