VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
Name: Telephone pole
brand: essx
length: 14' 1"
weight: 191.4 lbs
flex: 13.2
Name: fatass
brand: essx
length: 14' 9"
weight: 189 lbs
flex. 13.6
name: the tank
brand: essx
length: 15' 1"
weight: 193 lbs
flex: 12.7
brand: essx
length: 14' 1"
weight: 191.4 lbs
flex: 13.2
Name: fatass
brand: essx
length: 14' 9"
weight: 189 lbs
flex. 13.6
name: the tank
brand: essx
length: 15' 1"
weight: 193 lbs
flex: 12.7
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
I named my 13'6'' USC/Spirit Artemis. I just thought it fit.
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
The Beast
16.1 length
195lbs
15.0 flex
spirit
high school senior
16.1 length
195lbs
15.0 flex
spirit
high school senior
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
We have this big, black pole, thats like 15' maybe even 16' long, and it weighs like 50 pounds (no joke) its not used to vault, but to teach proper running form. All the new kids have to do pole runs with it the first few weeks. It's excruciatingly painful, and sometimes kids quit from doing them so much. We just call it The Black Pole...or the Newb Pole.
BTW, one of our football players, who weighs around 250, actually cleared 7' with it.
BTW, one of our football players, who weighs around 250, actually cleared 7' with it.
I never met a pole I didn't like.
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
I've mentioned THAT particular training excercise in my drill database that nobody seems to be contributing to...
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
10' 110 pacer mystic ~ baby pole
11'5" 120 altius ~ candy cane pole (it has a red stripe going up/around it)
11' 125 rocket ~ the danger danger pole
11'5" 120 altius ~ candy cane pole (it has a red stripe going up/around it)
11' 125 rocket ~ the danger danger pole
Last edited by Thats.What.She.Said on Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Put the pole in the hole and EXPLODE
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
different names our teams uses for these poles
15'7 155 spirit = mary jane
15' 140 spirit = jenny
16' 165 pacerIII = the man
15' 180 carbonfx = big haus
15'7 155 spirit = mary jane
15' 140 spirit = jenny
16' 165 pacerIII = the man
15' 180 carbonfx = big haus
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
Crazy. or beast. or monster.
13' 185 UCS. idr the flex. its fairly old haha.
or there's
"No way on earth" aka Stiffy
14'6 170 pacer carbon. 2002 edition.
13' 185 UCS. idr the flex. its fairly old haha.
or there's
"No way on earth" aka Stiffy
14'6 170 pacer carbon. 2002 edition.
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
12' 155 Rocket Training Pole - "Black Stallion"
13'0" 140 PacerFx - "The Panther"
14' 145 pacer fx - "Evil Candy Cane" (Has black and red striped grip tape)
15'1" 140 Pacer III - "Champ"
13'6" 140 Rocket "Benedict Arnold" (Borrowed pole from nearby school)
13'0" 140 PacerFx - "The Panther"
14' 145 pacer fx - "Evil Candy Cane" (Has black and red striped grip tape)
15'1" 140 Pacer III - "Champ"
13'6" 140 Rocket "Benedict Arnold" (Borrowed pole from nearby school)
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Re: VAULTING POLE NICKNAMES
We used to nickname our poles all the time when I jumped in H.S... since I started coaching nobody has really taken the liberty to name their pole. However, we do have one pole that nobody uses (I used to straight pole with it when I had no other option) and it's had a nickname that's stuck for a few years. It's a 14' 195 Pacer dubbed "The Homewrecker." I wouldn't let anybody take a full jump on the pole since there's a nasty spike mark about 1ft from the top of it.
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