PV Pit Almost ruled illegal
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:47 am
A few days ago, we had our county meet and the field judge came up to me and told me that our pit is "dangerous." He said that the top pad was too small and because some of the clasps were broken, it was unsafe to jump on. Although our pit is old and worn down, it is by far not the worst pit I have ever jumped on and to my knowledge (before the other day) was 100% legal. The top pad, is what was sent to us from the factory 9 years ago when we had to buy an extra mat to go with our pit to make it legal according to the NFHS. It completly covers the entire vaulting area, bottom mats, and only 4 inches on the outside are visible. The clasp issue I can understand, I zip tied them down to make the officials happy. We have held numerous meets over the years, and no one has ever complained, coach, official, parent, etc. This official has been here before and seen our pit, so why if he chosing now to point this out? Is there a new rule that I'm not aware of that you need to top pad to hang over the whole pit?? I'm irriatated and confused, especially because we don't have the money to just go out and buy new things if there are no new rules in place.