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OK, lets be honest. This is a ridiculous rule. No helmet is safer than a non-certified helmet? Save your theories and anecdotal evidence and show me the empirical data. I haven't found anyone with any credible information about who proposed this new rule. And the best theories on this site seem to b...

That is good information. I would like to start some dialogue on this. So the ASTM subcommittee found that using non-ASTM std helmets for pole-vaulting actually increased the risk of injury over no helmet at all? That would be a very interesting study. Do you know where I could get more information ...

I don't understand the rationale for this particular helmet rule. If the helmet is optional equipment, how can we require it to meet any standards? I would feel better about this if I knew where the proposal came from. On the surface it looks suspiciously like a marketing ploy to create a multi-mill...

Bertoli Added to UNI Track & Field Coaching Staff http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/071911aac.html Bertoli served as an assistant coach at Troy University and was an All-MVC performer as a student-athlete at Indiana State. University of Northern Iowa head track & field coac...

The Dysfunctional World of US Pole Vaulting By Dan Steele I love the pole vault… But man, sometimes I really hate the pole vault… I love pole vaulters… But man, sometimes I freaking hate pole vaulters… And so goes the most dysfunctional relationship I have ever had: The pole vault. The vault has al...