(Officiating a Mammoth Vault Competition) Ashland Tomorrow I’m officiating at the Ashland University indoor high school pole vault competition. It’s exciting, there are great vaulters on both the boys and girls side, including two boys trying to get over sixteen feet. And there’s no friendlier place than Ashland to officiate a track meet. The athletes, coaches, andContinue reading “Tricks of the Trade”
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Provenance
Provenance – the place of origin or earliest known history of something (OED) This is a pole vaulting story, a brief history of a piece of equipment, and what’s happened to the event in the past thirty-five years (or more) here in Central Ohio. I sold the raised runway today. Indoor Vaulting What is a raised runway? MineContinue reading “Provenance”
Preparing for a Pole Vault Competition
Walk Around – Check for any safety hazards Remove or Pad any hard or unyielding surfaces (at least one meter around the pit) Remove Pit Weather Cover – make sure the cover is placed so that it doesn’t become (or cover) hazards Note: The Pit Cover is NOT padding Make sure pit is solid – no gaps or holesContinue reading “Preparing for a Pole Vault Competition”
Old Poles Never Die
Provenance I have an advantage over a lot of track officials when it comes to pole vaulting. I “became” a pole vault coach in 1983 out of necessity. I was a young (really young, and really “confident”, looking back at it) high school head boys coach, with a good pole vault program, and no one to coachContinue reading “Old Poles Never Die”
You’re ALIVE!!!!
Now Hear This – all you “old dogs”. I’ve got a “new trick”, one that I absolutely stole from BJ Duckworth, the Track and Field Director of Officiating Development for the Ohio High School Athletic Association. This “new trick” is about an old subject in running the pole vault (or High Jump) – Five Alive. (The NCAAContinue reading “You’re ALIVE!!!!”
Ohio Pole Vault Safety 