Pole Vault Accidents

[Gymsations810]

OMG poor guy

[galysse]

he is hot

[hhumpo21]

Nice one mate.

[KoncealdPROvalone]

Looks pretty cold for May

[maverick1166]

@KoncealdPROvalone That's Colorado, for you.

[KoncealdPROvalone]

@maverick1166 Oh, wow. I had no clue it was that cold in the spring too.

[maverick1166]

@KoncealdPROvalone It's "Colorado weather", or otherwise unpredictable. You can have 60's and 70's in the Winter, and snow in Summer. Notice in the first clip how the weather looks rather warm, even though that meet was in early March, before the trees even had full leaves on them.

[SoulIgorski1]

0.00 - 0.26 OH YES!!!! , 0.27 pwned

[TheNickVanover]

My pole shattered once. Nightmare. So many cuts from the fiber glass shards and then to top it off I hit cement and broke my arm in three places.

[G0odf3lla]

damn he likes that post lol

[bluegreypride]

he just had bad luck with standards! haha

[april8876]

OUCH!!!! that looked like it might of hurt a little

[slashfan7777]

Ouch but ive done worse. i jumped on a 15ft pole that weighed 5lbs under just to get the feel and as i was getting inverted i let go so i could fall on my ass but instead i started flipping and landed on my back with my feet still in the air. My knee slammed into my face and now i have a nasal contusion, possibly a fracture cant tell though because my face is too swollen lol

[freshtillalive]

This is my first year of pole vaulting it's alot fun, if you do it right!Our coach told us to watch videos on youtube of how to and how not too,hahaha.

[peanutmold0602]

atleast the standard broke his fall

[A503HD]

well, maybe if the technique wasn't trash..

[puddin1103]

wind win

[teebeartheunicorn]

Oh god...

That's my old coach...

Forgot his name >_>

Bauder - Worst. Years. Evvverrr....

[MrCooqie]

i practice pole vaulting, its awesome

[hongkongdragonss]

im starting pole vaulting this week and im rly nervous... any tips?

[hadaskate]

wow that looks very painful...

[italianny23]

this is why the Greeks invented the discus throw...

[ProjectV4]

polevaulting is NOT this dudes professions

[Smasher5257]

This kid is in love with the standards to his right. The technique or lack there of accounted for the close encounter with the standard. It also looked like a wicked crosswind on the 2nd epic failure contributed to the meltdown.

[furonable]

dang, i have the same problem where i always go to the right when vaulting, i almost broke my arm one day at practice

[maverick1166]

@furonable your plant is not totally vertical ... have your coach check your step and plant ... perfect the basics and you can beat that problem.

[furonable]

@maverick1166

Oh like when the pole is planted into the box?

[theninja124]

@furonable if your going to the side at anypoint there a cuople reason this happen. 1 you are getting to treid so your not going though the motion of the vault that allow to get over the bar if that happen you should stop for that day and pick up on were you left of the next. the 2nd reason is that you are running straight down the run way but the last three steps are off to the side and that makes you go to either of the side.

[lilmarine93]

@furonable i had that problem. What i was doing was right before planting, i would move my left foot toward one side of the lane, thus throwing me to the side. If you consciously think about keeping everything in line, you will go there.

[TomBang1]

why did i have to see the non-accidents? some of them isnt really accidents either, just fails

[aruziel14]

1st 2 jumps were gr8

[vidvideovideo]

ligtbulb99, you have no idea what you are talking about! TalLazyKid you are an idiot.

[carlyaudia]

wow.... nice bod though.

[superstephanie101]

OUCH!!!!

[1yfzmotoman]

this guy is always in the standards

[extreeeeeemist]

i looked at it again and im wrong this guys not bad at all looks more like 14 ft... and his technique is good

[extreeeeeemist]

im 28 200lbs and can vault about that high it looked like 12 ft. my dads 46 yrs old and weighs 160lbs. he can still vault his state record of 14 ft...

this kid needs a better pole or something

[alwayshavnfun4]

you need to jump off the ground... and hold lower on a lot stiffer pole.. goodness gracious.. jumpers like that scare me... if you get the fundamentals right... this wont happen...

[almightyvaulter]

@karma

yea i def saw that too, that could be why he pulled alot

[Karmakameleeon]

correct me if my analysis was incorrect please,

but it seemed like he was inside a decent amount on those jumps... perhaps a late-ish plant?

[SmoothSkating]

@Karmakameleeon looked way inside.

[MrRoflberry]

Why vault with a crosswind blowing that hard? lawl

[pilotdapunk]

this happened to me a few time, though the standard never bit me like that. man you gotta plant straight... its scary. lol nice height though.

[endmostdavis]

jesus i thought he caught his eye on the standard at first

[LuvSasukeOrElse13]

he forgot 1 rule: NEVER LET GO OF THE POLE.

[t4fnut]

I think the severity of the wind might have thrown off his approach on the last few dismal attempts. It also would have helped if the meet directors didn't get their pole vault standards from Toys R Us.

[ligtbulb99]

i cant believe that pole didnt snap on the first two jumps shown, This kid has potential but seriously needs to go back to the basics and learn to vault safely with proper technique before worrying about height

[maverick1166]

That pole was built to bend like that. Each pole has a different flex rating, this one was just a little softer to allow more time in the pocket. We've snapped several poles, each time it was at the base where the pole smacks against the back of the box.

[ligtbulb99]

yes i know all about flex numbers and how poles are made, I've been in the pole vault business for a long time. first off the pole is bending too much and is close to snapping, 2nd, when you vaulted on the first two jumps the pole was moving in the wrong direction which made it much more likely to overbend and snap, and this movement was caused by improper technique, now this is only on the first jumps, the 2nd series of vaults showed a lot of improvement in moving the pole

[ligtbulb99]

Now to address the movement of the pole. keep this in mind, the sport if called pole vaulting, not pole bending, small bends are preferred over big bends.

Ok, the goal is to keep the top of the pole(where your hands are holding) moving up and forwards AT ALL TIMES. the pole will bend on decrease the radius of the jumps, but the top of the pole should never get closer to the ground. That is dangerous and causes poles to overbend and break

[ligtbulb99]

the first 2 jumps, you actaully bring the top of the pole down, if you watch the 1st jump in the 2nd series of vaults u'll notice how you push the top of the pole up and forward throught the entire vault, this is optimal regardless of pole stiffness. I'm curious what poles you use, the one def looks like a rocket which is ment to bend slowler to allow more time to complete the vault, but it looks like you move to a stiffer pole in the 2nd set of jumps.

[ligtbulb99]

wow these are getting long, please dont take these comments as an attack. You have the right mentality and athleticism to be a great vaulter, but it is important to learn technique. Feel free to ask any questions or post any and all videos of your vaults if you want an critique. I have been coaching a long time and have coached, league/regional/state champions and record holders both male and female. Helping young vaulters improve is my main goal

[punkxcore93]

get a pole protecter, there like 3 bucks and well worth it.

[RobVaulter]

@maverick1166 poles are never meant to be bent like that.

[superman16785]

you got mauled by the standard!

[HersheysKisses85]

holy poop! my gym teacher!!!

[BellaHoney999]

Lol on the first one the ref or whatever looked like he was trying to catch the guy lol.

[sdopfel]

Should have held on longer!

[yeahwhatever3219]

well done sir. well done. well not well done but way to keep on keeping on.

[tbolaviru]

Please don't scare kids learning to vault. It's people like you who give vault a dangerous name. Who do think you are holding high on a weak pole jumping low. You have no idea what you are doing. From someone who cares 19'1

[gbthebeast32]

do you really get 19'1 cause i got some questions on how i should be training after spring season i live in new york i want to get really good at pole vaulting and once track ends im not allowed to work on pole vaulting without coaches around what should i do

[studdmuffin2014]

they need to know what can happen or else when it does happen it'll be worse and a potential olympic vaulter will quit but if you tell them/show them the things that could happen they are mentally ready if it does. we dont need to hide new vaulters from this we should encourage them to watch things like this so they know what can happen

[maverick1166]

To be perfectly honest, if a kid is going to learn to vault, videos like this aren't going to scare them away. If anything, they will see it, laugh at it, and move on. The kids it scares away from vaulting weren't going to become great vaulters anyway; so scaring them off before they disappoint themselves is more of a service than a disservice. A winner won't be scared away by this little video.

[Swax6302]

@maverick1166

i'm going to start up pole vaulting and these videos aren't making me laugh but there letting me know a bit more about the types of risks that are involved. but i did search "pole vaulting accidents" so what am i expecting?

[Sebizzar]

@maverick1166 Hey how is the guy doing now? So he got cut on the second one too? D:

[agdollz]

OMG THAT IS MY GYM TEACHER!!!!!!!

lol my gym teacher said to look up pole vaulting accidents and he's now most known to fall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XD

[bill3z]

hey, thats my school coach! sweet

[bellaftw]

dude that's our school coach! sweet

[nichickmet]

kids got talent keep it up may see you in olympics

[illiniwek3282]

from the comments it seems like he chose a different career path

[TalLazyKid]

lean to the left, it will save you a bunch of money on neosporin and band aids

[maverick1166]

That's awesome, thanks for the advice (was always wondering where my money was going ...)

[TalLazyKid]

haha sorry, i'm no better

[saleenstracer68]

ok yea ... dont worry about all the wind and overgripping and all .... whats more to blame is the fact that hes about 3 feets under every jump!

[pistolpete5724]

1. Cancel the event in that much wind!

2. Your going right for a reason.....

[maverick1166]

As all pole vaulters (and pilots) know, we are invincible, therefore we will never cancel an event! ;)

And the right-side tendency is at least consistant, so it was pretty easy to spot (plant straight up and down). The basics will make or break the vault; if you sluff the basics, you do stuff like this :D

[FiremageFilms]

holy shit, the last jump looked like it stabbed him, did it get the shirt? or his skin?

[ddrraakkeee]

its really hard to vault when its windy like tht

[JulieAndRachelShow]

haha i love polevaulting! i rock

[GMANinGA250]

I've always wanted to try pole vaulting... it looks like it'd be fun, unless you encounter a failure on the epic-sized-proportion....

[maverick1166]

As in any sport, there are ample opportunities for you to get hurt. You minimize those occurrances by learning the right way; get a coach with vaulting experience, practice practice practice, and don't give up when you get discouraged.

[vcuvaulter]

what it looks like is the person is holding way to high for the conditions. in those conditions for a 15ft vaulter, i would not let him jump. he also does not try to jump off the fround, that is why he has low bend in the pole on most of his jumps.

[maverick1166]

For a qualifying meet, you jump in any conditions you get. It's the vaulter's responsibility to pass if they don't like the conditions.

As for the takeoff, you're right, not much of a jump.

[tanner554]

yeah. that was a horible cross wind

[tbenjaminkx42]

wow wat size pole are u using???the thing has monstrous flex

[maverick1166]

I don't even remember the specs on it. It sticks in my mind that it was a 15' or so 155 or 160 lb. pole.

[tbenjaminkx42]

wat brand was it? looks like a rocket

[maverick1166]

It wasn't rocket. I want to say SkyPole, but I don't think that's it either.

We put a snazzy tape job on it, which after vaulting with it for a few meets we decided it modified the flex characteristics. We later removed the tape and the pole was a lot more efficient at the box ... it just didn't look as cool.

[CharlesWII]

i woulda gone for the cool but crap pole myself :P

[Theshortasian1020]

holy shit dude...how did you even fault on the 2nd day??? that wind was ridiculous!

[iRtehSHIZ]

at 23 i thought you actually bounced back up that high :P

and the second time you shouldn't have been vaulting at all as windy as it was. but i have to give you credit for getting injured twice and still sticking with it.

[maverick1166]

Well, when it's your last chance to qualify for state (which we did) you vault regardless of the conditions.

I myself qualified with a huge head-wind (I'm usually close-in on the standards, so I didn't think I'd even hit the pit that time); I mentally overcame the head-wind first, then powered through it to qualify.

It's good to know that someone else recognized the difficulty of the second day, though!

Thanks fot the comment.

[policemiami]

me too haha

[LukeMoccia]

same here lol

[superman16785]

man, those standards have it in for you

[ejmattison]

i remember both of those meets

[paulchandz]

well aren't you glad that new federation rules made the pegs shorter? ;) haha yea... i hit the standard like that once before, not nearly as bad, i hit just the front side, didn't get hung up on the pegs and torn up like you... that looked like it sucked... Amen to vault injuries... after a while your medical bill starts to rack up...

[hollseey]

awrh lol