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i was wondering how many differant types of ways people tape there pole or if they even tape them? post replies, i prefer taping the pole twice around only where my hands go

Well i wrap my pole with tape by placing the tape at an angle and then slowly letting it roll around the pole. Like the colors on a candy cane.

we are not allowed to put multible layers on, but i just wrap it up like a candy cane also.

High school rules dictate that you cannot double-layer tape. you are only allowed to wrap the pole from bottom to top and overlap only once.

for college they don't really care...

NCAA 6-6-4 . . ."a vaulting pole shall have no assisting device other than two layers of adhesive tape applied with uniform thickness above the bottom of the hand hold."

I'm not saying this is always inspected and or enforced, but at the college level their are rules about tape on the pole.

Dan

2007 high school rules do in fact say you can have two layers of tape! You can revers the second layer and have a great grip, and take tension off arms at plant Charlie Polhamus--Two time masters WORLD Champion

i tape my pole like toby does i put it on wrap it around once then flip it over and tape it so that the sticky side is out i love that

what ever you do, tape it up. If you start at the top, and go down, the tape will roll over its self and it becomes almost unusable. just start at the bottom of where you want to tape. and work you way up...

newPVer wrote: If you start at the top, and go down, the tape will roll over its self and it becomes almost unusable.

that's a matter of opinion... I actually tape my top hand grip like that for a little extra stick and texture

theczar wrote:that's a matter of opinion... I actually tape my top hand grip like that for a little extra stick and texture

For high school vaulters, tape rolling over violates the 2 layer rule so it isn't allowed.

- master

master wrote:

theczar wrote:that's a matter of opinion... I actually tape my top hand grip like that for a little extra stick and texture

For high school vaulters, tape rolling over violates the 2 layer rule so it isn't allowed.

- master

but how many high schools check for the "more than 2 layer tape rule"

txpolevaulter_k25 wrote:but how many high schools check for the "more than 2 layer tape rule"

I can't answer that question. All I know is when I run the vault, I look at the poles. At the district and state meets I know they check and they also weigh the vaulters and mark the poles they are allowed to vault on.

- master