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NF has adopted a new range for standards positioning for 2004.
While the article said no closer than 15.25 inches (which is 39m).
(fixed error as I misread 15.25 inches as 1' 5.25")...

Where did you read that?!

It may already be at the NFHS site, but here is a newpaper link.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/170/spo ... gesP.shtml

In the short run people will complain. Most beginning boys and girls need their standards at 12' because they are trying to hold too high and have little penetration. This will force them to have a bigger swing, which, in the long run, is excellent. I try to keep the standards at 18" in practice, so this will be a positive rule change, not only for safety, but for better technique.

is this for EVERYWHERE? Like an AAA HS in VA too? Because if it is, I am so screwed, I was jumping with them at 13' this year because I have no form. I look like a freakin' llama jumping with a pole...seriously

Fo_Sheezy wrote:is this for EVERYWHERE? Like an AAA HS in VA too? Because if it is, I am so screwed, I was jumping with them at 13' this year because I have no form. I look like a freakin' llama jumping with a pole...seriously

So you'll have to grip a few inches lower and vault safer

i agree that the standards should never need to come up closer than 18"...that would just increase the safety that much more....just some thoughts

Fo_Sheezy wrote:is this for EVERYWHERE? Like an AAA HS in VA too? Because if it is, I am so screwed, I was jumping with them at 13' this year because I have no form. I look like a freakin' llama jumping with a pole...seriously

LOL, i no exactely how u feel....

wacky, i DON'T like the way you think...i would NEVER clear the bar!

Fo_Sheezy wrote:wacky, i DON'T like the way you think...i would NEVER clear the bar!

Then you need to change the way you vault! If you have to vault with the standards at 12-15 all the time, you are gripping too high, or swinging off the ground too early. Vaulting with the standards that close will leave you landing shallow in the pit, dangerously close to the box

note if your on a short enough pole, like a 10'8, it can be hard to get enough depth with a technically good vault. If your technique is good, and your still short on depth, either your too slow, your poles to big, or your technique is not good and you need a secound opinion. Use CONSISTANT speed, keep your energy up through the whole vault (dont just run and sit), and work your tech tring to go deep till you can go deep consistantly, THEN start to convert some of that depth to height. Golden rule is make the pit first.

The new rule gives 15.5 inches (40 cm) and 31.5 (80 cm) as minimum and maximum standard depth. Cynthia Doyle sent me an e-mail last week with the new changes.