make your own pit

[Maine Vaulter]

has anyone built your own pit? if so how?

[AVC Coach]

Probably not a good idea.

Unless you build one with used pieces from other "real" pits, it's a recipe for disaster.

[theczar]

^^^agreed

three most important rules of the vault:

1)SAFETY
2)SAFETY
3)SAFETY

[rainbowgirl28]

Pits are expensive because foam rubber is expensive. If there were a cheaper way to be making a SAFE pit, somebody would be doing it.

[Skyin' Brian]

step 1 - find an old above ground pool that somebody is throwing away
step 2 - steal a LOT of those little plastic balls from a McDonalds playland
step 3 - fill pool with balls
step 4 - dig 8" hole in ground for box
step 5 - "borrow" a pole from your local high school
step 6 - VAULT!
step 7 - sue the makers of those little plastic balls when you get seriously hurt, you may not be pole vaulting again any times soon, but at least you will have some serious cash, probably more than enough to buy one of those fancy pits!

[Maverick986]

step 1 - find an old above ground pool that somebody is throwing away
step 2 - steal a LOT of those little plastic balls from a McDonalds playland
step 3 - fill pool with balls
step 4 - dig 8" hole in ground for box
step 5 - "borrow" a pole from your local high school
step 6 - VAULT!
step 7 - sue the makers of those little plastic balls when you get seriously hurt, you may not be pole vaulting again any times soon, but at least you will have some serious cash, probably more than enough to buy one of those fancy pits!

rofl i love it

[Rhino]

Thirty years ago most all small schools had homemade pits. Within the last couple of years, I came upon an ad for pit bags on the internet, so they are still available. There's a foam place in Daytona that let me have all the scrap foam I wanted for free, which I put in 44" cubic feed bags (filled only to half depth). I got rid of my homemade pit when I found a better place for me and my daughters to vault, since my pit was a bit unsightly for my neighborhood.

[mtisfullofit]

Any old timers remember metal poles and pits made from chunks of foam sewn in fishnet bags. just had to revive an old post. It can be done but I am not sure I would want to be jumping 16' on those old mats. Matt rash!!!!!!!!!!!!