PV Pet Peeves

[lonestar]

[quote="Peepers PV"]*coaches who tell their athletes to do exactly the WRONG thing.
meaning:
they're under = move in some
they get wicked stood up = bigger pole
they stall out hardcore = raise grip
or they'll fiddle with the standards instead of fixing run length or pole selection when those are really the problems.
quote]

I agree with pretty much everything you said Peepers. The only thing that might not be wrong, is telling them to move in if they're under. Yes, primarily if you're under and not overstriding, you move back. If you're overstriding/reaching like crazy though and taking off under, you need to move in and quicken your last 6 steps. Moving back in that situation would just intensify the problem.

[Peepers PV]

I agree with pretty much everything you said Peepers. The only thing that might not be wrong, is telling them to move in if they're under. Yes, primarily if you're under and not overstriding, you move back. If you're overstriding/reaching like crazy though and taking off under, you need to move in and quicken your last 6 steps. Moving back in that situation would just intensify the problem.

o no, thanks for correcting me. that's true that sometimes it's in your head, but i'm talking about those kids who are basically planting in the box instead of at around 9' or so, and madly stuttering to get there.

this summer, i came to a meet halfway through warm-ups to help, and a kid slipped in the box during warm ups. he planted IN the box- with everything: pole, left foot, and eventually butt. luckily his pole flew out or he would have incurred some serious injuries. the coach helped him up, asked how he felt, and said to move his standards in when he started the meet ( )... that stuff happened all day.

i was just in shock. prob. the scariest meet of my life- only one person had ever vaulted before.

[Mecham]

Can you guys read my mind? all of what you guys say i think is pretty much true.

[ashcraftpv]

My biggest pet peeve was coaches and DIII guys (no offense to the DIII folks out there) asking to make starting height 12'. You are at a collegiate track meet hosted by a Division I school. You are going to open at 14' with our decas and you are going to like it!

[ladyvolspvcoach]

NCAA officials who don't have a clue about the rules!!!

[OAKPV2004]

pole vaulters who whine about what other vaulters do.

[mcminkz05]

BUNGEE/PRACTICE "PR" is by far my #1. i just cant stand it at meets when people tell me they jumped 14' the other day in practice over a bungee (i.e. poked their toes over it), then open at 9 or something rediculously low and end up jumping like 10-6 and just say they had an off day..

[vaulter870]

yeah those people suck. so do people who blame there poles when it is a perfectly good pole.Not like the 50year old ucs that weve been using right adam

[mcminkz05]

lol yes, still cant blame that old a$s pole though, if the pole still works, it cant be its fault of course it could always be the vaulters fault for choosing the wrong pole, in which case they do tend to blame the pole rather than themselves..

[ashcraftpv]

i just thought of another one:

people who use your chalk without asking

or

people who ask to use your chalk, then break of a big hunk off of the new block you got and crumble it up

[lonestar]

pole vaulters who whine about pole vaulters who whine about what other vaulters do.

[lonestar]

Pole vaulters who can't take criticism