Helmet Facts and Opinions (pvei.com)

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Helmet Facts & Opinions

(Coach's Comment #51, 3-18-05)
By: Mark Hannay

During the last three years, a considerable amount of debate has been dedicated to pole vault safety including the use of helmets in the event. Each year some high schools and colleges mandate their pole vaulters to use helmets during practice sessions and competition. In an attempt to help the schools more fully investigate the feasibility of helmets in the pole vault event, the following information is being presented. As a member of USAT&F’s National Pole Vault Development Committee and the Pole Vault National Coaching Staff, I have provided the following specifics concerning helmets that may be difficult to obtain or have been overlooked. Much of the following information is the result of considerable scrutiny by the above committees or a direct result of committees chaired by members of the above committees. Finally, the following is accurate and verifiable at the time of this writing.


FACT- As of March 18, 2005, no pole vault certified helmets exist including the newly released “pole vault specificâ€Â