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pole break
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:36 pm
by saraf
I was all mad i didn't do so good at my conference meet but i did get a cool video of a pole break
www.fliptography.com/adam/break4.mov
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:47 pm
by theczar
wow....that's odd.
it almost looks like it broke after it began to unload...? or am I just seeing things?
Pole had to be nicked
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:17 am
by Bruce Caldwell
That pole had to have been dropped or nicked it failed in the roll of the energy up the pole. Failure was due to a weak spot or scratch.
I hate seeing any brand pole breaking. Catch these poles people please.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:28 am
by EIUvltr
That is the slowest vaulter I've ever seen!
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:09 am
by lonpvh
Unfortunately, her left hand was cut open pretty bad. She had to have stitches on the inside and outsid of her hand wrapping from the palm around to the top of her hand. Hopefully she will be ok. Lon
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:32 am
by VTechVaulter
lonpvh wrote:Unfortunately, her left hand was cut open pretty bad. She had to have stitches on the inside and outsid of her hand wrapping from the palm around to the top of her hand. Hopefully she will be ok. Lon
does she use chalk when she vaults? i had the same thing happen and i use a lot of chalk. i thought maybe it had something to do with the size pole that was broken, but the more i talk to people the more it seems its something else
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:16 am
by lonpvh
I don't know if she was using chalk, but I've seen that cut happen 7 or 8 times. I think its more the location of the breaking of the pole below the bottom hand. I broke my thumb from a break in the same location. I think its the shock of the pole breaking. It either breaks the thumb or rips open along that grove. LB
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:16 am
by cdmilton
VTechVaulter wrote:does she use chalk when she vaults? i had the same thing happen and i use a lot of chalk. i thought maybe it had something to do with the size pole that was broken, but the more i talk to people the more it seems its something else
Maybe due to the chalk drying our your skin?
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:26 pm
by kat_vaulter
The hand gets ripped open due to the vibration. The vibration can also break/fracture a finger/knuckle.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:37 pm
by VTechVaulter
cdmilton wrote:VTechVaulter wrote:does she use chalk when she vaults? i had the same thing happen and i use a lot of chalk. i thought maybe it had something to do with the size pole that was broken, but the more i talk to people the more it seems its something else
Maybe due to the chalk drying our your skin?
bingo. thats what im thinking...
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:39 pm
by vballcoach
She got WAY underneath
Didn't really look like she "jumped" but just hung on, got under and BOOM.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:13 pm
by skyin' pimp
i broke my left hand ring finger from a pole break.. i was bleedin' like a stuck pig before i even hit pit.. it was AWESOME