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The drawing did help, but I'm still having trouble determining whether it's the elbows hooking or just bad take-offs pulling them to the left. Chances are it's probably both, so here are some pictures from the runway. They're hosted on my server, which I'm still trying to figure out, so let me know ...

Believe it or not, most of the time, we don't have the bungee up. Though, their swings seem to look the same as when it's up. We're trying to find the school's set of rings to put under the scoreboard. I have seen the Dave Butler video. It really was helpful. I've been trying to incorporate the dril...

Thanks for the suggestions. It is like trying to start all over again. I'll try to get some pictures from behind tomorrow. They do start off low on the pole, and usually work from 4-6 steps. They also warm up with jagodins, during which they land a lot deeper, but as soon as the swing enters the equ...

Recently, my vaulters have started landing facing the left side of the pit. It's like an epidemic. They start to swing up, but their legs just kinda fall off to the left. The vaulter at 0:57 on the video has the most trouble with this. His stats are these: Grade: Junior How long you have been jumpin...

I'm guessing that Vaultgrrrl is Amy ?? You guess correct. ;) I figured the issue at state was probably the size of the logo, but I wasn't close enough to hear the discussion, and it made me curious (as all of my arm guards are from Bell's). Hence, the email to MSHSAA. I wanted to make sure I knew t...

I wasn't aware the use of a forearm protector was an issue until I was sitting in the stands at the Missouri Class 3 meet and watched a girl have to tape over her Bell Athletics logo. As an official, I've always allowed them because there's no rule otherwise, but just to double check I sent an email...