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Oh shi---oh shi--- ooooooohhhhhhhh shhhhhhhhit (i.imgur.com)

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[–][deleted] 39 points40 points ago

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This is a newbie vaulter. You can see because his frontward arm didn't extend outwards to bend the pole. You don't learn how to put energy into the pole until you have the jumping form down, which he doesn't.

He didn't jump up enough, and got rejected. Any coach will tell you to hold onto the pole, since landing on the track is a much softer landing than in the box, which is sloped and made of metal. It's very easy to break an ankle if you were to let go while up in the air.

It gets much scarier when you get up in height. I got into the 13 foot range, and got rejected a few times. Not fun at all.

[–]thatwasntveryraven 16 points17 points ago

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Yeah. I was exhausted at the end of a practice once and thought "just one more vault." Ended up tipping backwards because I just didn't have enough speed down the runway. As all vaulters are taught, I held onto my pole. Came back down and rolled away on the grass. My back was sore for a few days, but overall, not too bad.

/cool story bro

[–]mmmmmmmike 4 points5 points ago

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I didn't hold on. Should have known better, but I guess it wasn't drilled into me enough. Fell into the box, sloped back edge jarred my leg out from under me, foot ended up adjacent to hip. ACL + MCL tear, knee still isn't quite right.

[–]realfinkployd 4 points5 points ago

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Ummmm, how many of us here pole vaulted?

[–]wejash 14 points15 points ago

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I've jumped over a pole. No, wait. I jumped over a Pole once. He was rather short with me.

[–]BenCelotil 2 points3 points ago

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I'm still trying to figure out where in the hell it all started. Prison escapes?

"That boy's got great form."

"Yes, Sir."

"Shame we're gonna have to shoot him."

[–]joshtempte 0 points1 point ago

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i went to a summer pole vaulting camp.

[–]realfinkployd 0 points1 point ago

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Slippery Rock by any chance? I was there in 94 and 95. Good times.

[–]joshtempte 0 points1 point ago

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was about the same time but my camp as at U South Carolina. Slippery Rock looks awesome!

[–]tkr 0 points1 point ago

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Ummmm, how many of us here pole vaulted?

I've wanted to learn it for ten years or so, but finding a a coach and other adult beginners to train with is too hard. Let's face it, it's not something you can just do after having watched the pros on TV, and training with little girls who are all much better than me just wouldn't be much fun. I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll never be a pole vaulter, and will have to stick to sprinting and hurdling.

This video and the comments above make me feel slightly less regret about never having learned to pole vault.

[–]realfinkployd 1 point2 points ago

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Better than doing it in High School, loving it, and resigning yourself that being out of shape, lack of places to do it, and insurance will prevent you from ever doing it again. I have a video of me going off WAY sideways and missing the mat (tucking and rolling and jumping right up though). I should dig that up and post it. Cleared the hight too :)

[–]thatwasntveryraven 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, I was good enough in high school to vault in college if I went to some tiny quasi-community college in the boonies, but I figured I should probably go to a good college since the education, and not the vaulting, would benefit me more in the future.

[–]tkr 0 points1 point ago

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Better than doing it in High School, loving it, and resigning yourself that being out of shape, lack of places to do it, and insurance will prevent you from ever doing it again.

Being out of shape is not necessarily a problem. If you really want to and are not too old, I'm sure you could get back to your old shape, or better. I've gone from athletic to Auschwitz physique (during a long period of illness) and back again myself over the last ten years. It takes a lot of effort, and it's initially very painful to suck at something you used to be very good at (being a beginner for the second time is a lot worse than being a beginner for the first time), but it feels awesome to finally be back in shape and break old personal records. :-)

Hard to do something about lack of places to do it, though.

Thanks a lot to you and all the other pole vaulters posting in this thread! I enjoyed reading your posts and learning a little about your sport, and I'm glad I happened to visit r/funny today.

[–]mmmmmmmike 0 points1 point ago

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Anything is possible on Craigslist.

[–]joshtempte 0 points1 point ago

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i shot over the mat once (new pole) and ended up landing on an asphalt track square on my ass. learned about plastic donuts that week. :-\

[–]go_Pre 1 point2 points ago

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Frontwards arm needs to be applying UPward pressure... If you extend it outwards, you wind up blocking out, getting stuck in the sitting-V position, and never getting truly inverted or clearing heights above your top-hand grip.

I do appreciate that you got a ton of that right, though. Crummy takeoff, overall apprehensive jump. NEVER LET GO OF THE POLE, at least he got that right.

Getting rejected... ahh, tuck and roll. What's scarier is coming up shallow... Catching the inversion, hitting that perfect turn, being in a handstand position and realizing you're about to come down in that steel deathtrap about 15ft below you. You know that feel.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Ah, it has been a while since I've vaulted, so I figure I can have some slack.

I've had that happen and seen it happen as well. I was luckily only 12 foot off the ground and almost racked myself on the way down trying to hold onto the pole. The other guy the was ace of our team, and got stuck like that at I think 13'6 or 14 foot.

I never did end up getting above my top grip :/

It's funny because the whole jump happens quickly, and you immediately get that feeling when something goes horribly wrong. Then it's a fun ride that hopefully ends with you on the mats.

[–]go_Pre 0 points1 point ago

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Felt. I let go of the pole ONE TIME and took it right to the inner thigh. Never did it again.

And there's no worse feeling than a vault gone wrong.

I broke my first pole at outdoor conference this May, holy cow. Talk about a pucker factor.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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There is a feeling that comes a close second though, and that's having your step be off.

[–]realfinkployd 2 points3 points ago

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Yeah, like 3 feet under. Get ready to be shot back down the runway.

[–]joshtempte 0 points1 point ago

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i shot over once.

[–]go_Pre 0 points1 point ago

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True, and that usually leads to a rejection. Or dislocated shoulder/ripped rotator cuff.

My worst crash was from out, actually. About 3ft out, and I just sank into the pole, then rode it up and it spit me out to the right. Landed feet first on the standard base and shattered the metatarsal heads in my right foot behind my middle and ring toes. Broke the bones so bad they couldn't even do surgery to fix, just let them heal as they were.

[–]stratoscope 0 points1 point ago

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Getting rejected... ahh, tuck and roll. What's scarier is coming up shallow... Catching the inversion, hitting that perfect turn, being in a handstand position and realizing you're about to come down in that steel deathtrap about 15ft below you. You know that feel.

Could one of you vaulters translate for the rest of us?

Getting rejected? Coming up shallow? Catching the inversion? Steel deathtrap? (Is that the "box" I was hearing about?)

Thanks! :-)

[–]go_Pre 1 point2 points ago

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Getting rejected is basically what happened in this .gif, not enough forward energy to get yourself into the landing pit, and it spits you back out towards the runway or to the sides of the pit. Happens when you try to get on a stiffer/longer pole and don't have enough speed or a good enough takeoff.

Coming up shallow is basically the same thing but you got a little further in towards the landing pit, but not far enough to land on the pad. When that happens you end up most often coming down in the steel deathtrap (yes, the steel box you plant the pole tip into as you vault.)

Catching the inversion- When you vault, you come off the ground and you're trying to swing your body totally upside down. When you do it right, you end up completely inverted (upside down) in the air and the pole pushes you up. If you're not totally inverted, when the pole starts to unbend and push you, you have a tendency to kind of fall out from that inverted position and vault outwards more than upwards. When you hit all the positions right, and you get a full inversion, the pole releases and throws you basically straight up in the air. It's a good feel, bro. Imagine bungee jumping except instead of jumping someone just pulls you down to the ground and lets go of you so the bungee cord flings you up in the air.

[–]stratoscope 0 points1 point ago

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Wonderful explanations - thank you so much! You really helped me picture the dynamics of vaulting.

I like the inversion - it's like gravity, but upside down!

[–]HappyTheHobo 1 point2 points ago

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Came here to make sure that someone already said that you should hang on when you get in trouble up in the air. Looks like this kids coach taught him well. Enjoy your upvote.

[–]WalkyTalkyMan 0 points1 point ago

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I would imagine landing on the track is also preferable to just making it up to the top, splitting your legs, and crushing your balls on the mark or your own pole.

[–]Xandier 0 points1 point ago

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Thought while about to hit the ground ......not again - bowl of flowers

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Reminds me of this.

[–]PaperChampion 0 points1 point ago

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Wow, her timing was just awful. I approve.

[–]GLAMARKY 4 points5 points ago

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At least impressive because he didn't break the cardinal rule of pole vaulting...you never let go of the pole! Better the athlete try to take a somewhat controlled fall than have a 15 foot pole rocket at some unknowing gawker.

[–]ClosetSchmuttun 0 points1 point ago

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That's not a 15 foot pole, but yeah, they can shoot.

[–]Ottawa_R 4 points5 points ago

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This is a far far worse pole vaulting incidence....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPxwDsUNWsQ

[–]monopixel 1 point2 points ago

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It is considered as one of the most dangerous sports in the world for a reason.

[–]theboneycrony 9 points10 points ago

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How many of you repeated the title while watching the .gif?

Guilty.

[–]wtfschool 2 points3 points ago

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As a former pole vaulter I must say I have done this same damn thing. You learn how to "fall" without actually hurting yourself. Granted, breaking a pole really sucks. Imagine the rattle your hands feel when you hit a baseball magnified by about a million. My arms were numb for over a minute. Fun times.

[–]Solkre 1 point2 points ago

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What are those poles made out of they can bend like that and not snap in half?

[–]AbjectDogma 2 points3 points ago

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They often snap in half.

[–]thatwasntveryraven 0 points1 point ago

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Not often, and almost never in half (thirds, usually)

[–]ForgottenPhoenix[S] 0 points1 point ago

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I think they have a metallic core surrounded by fiberglass. Not sure though.

[–]willykins 0 points1 point ago

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There's no metal it's all fiberglass now. Back in the day they were bamboo then aluminum. Now they're starting to move away from fiberglass and into super light carbon fiber polls. They're mad expensive.

[–]thatwasntveryraven 0 points1 point ago

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fiberglass.

[–]androd29 0 points1 point ago

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Essentially a hollow fiberglass pole.

[–]ForgottenPhoenix[S] 1 point2 points ago

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Relevant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QDhJP9JVzE&feature=player_detailpage#t=61s

[–]devedander 1 point2 points ago

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To those wondering "why didn't he let go of the pole and walk it of" only to see the explanation "NEVER LET GO OF THE POLE!" well this is what would have happened if he let go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpnVkYp4J4Q

Yes I know the video says never let go of the pole also, but the guy in the video does, before getting flung onto the ground... so to the naysayers pointing out the bent energy laden pole and the risk to the ankles...

You theory is nice, practice proves that at best you are sometimes right, but definitely that you are not always right.

[–]vagabondz 5 points6 points ago

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and backwards it actually looks very graceful http://reversegif.com/1cm

[–]koviko 10 points11 points ago

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Backwards, it just looks backwards.

[–]ZebrasKickAss 1 point2 points ago

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Wow nice find. I also figured that if you play your gif backwards, it's so funny: http://i.imgur.com/qeyje.gif

[–]Go4th88 0 points1 point ago

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I've had dates like that before.

[–]chiefatmos 0 points1 point ago

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If you look at the video long enough it appears to speed up.

[–]anon7282 0 points1 point ago

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I watched that loop at least 12 times. God bless gifs

[–]devidual 0 points1 point ago

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I remember watching this on America's Funniest Home Videos.

I laughed along with the laugh track in my head

[–]thestinkybeast 0 points1 point ago

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At least he didn't land on his own pole...

[–]TBizzcuit 0 points1 point ago

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Can someone find a way to take the pole out of it so it looks like he's flying?

[–]ride686 0 points1 point ago

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Congrats, you just hit the front page with one of the oldest things on the internet.

[–]justonenight 0 points1 point ago

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first time I've laughed in a while. thank you

[–]potatopimp 0 points1 point ago

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tad dah!

[–]Qw3rtyP0iuy 0 points1 point ago

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We need gifs for vaulters that let go of the pole.

[–]ET_pwn_home 0 points1 point ago

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This almost always happens to my comment.

[–]xLoveless 0 points1 point ago

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Maybe it's because I used to do gymnastics,

but I always struggle to find sporting accidents humorous...

[–]CR00KS 0 points1 point ago

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I'm so glad this never happened to me during my track season of pole vaulting.

[–]ABlitz 0 points1 point ago

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was that a midget with grey hair?

[–]coolfacts 0 points1 point ago

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old as sun!

[–]imbrex17 0 points1 point ago

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His takeoff was extremely lacking. Wow, there are many more fellow vaulters on reddit then i thought....

[–]fluffybunnies 2 points3 points ago

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donno why he didn't just let go after he didn't make it over and the pole bent down again...would have looked pretty badass.

"yeah i just decided i didn't want to go over"

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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Because it's a good way to break your ankle.

Any coach will tell you to hold on. The box, where the end of the pole sits, is sloped and made of metal. Most people don't have ankles that like being crunched in it after a 10 or more foot fall.

Getting rejected is embarrassing, but as long as you hold on it's never that bad. The thing that hurts the most is when the pole breaks, and its two halves go flying in different directions.

[–]Troll_Sauce 2 points3 points ago

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This. I went straight into the metal standards Sophomore year in HS. 1 concussion and 8 staples in the back of my head for about 3 weeks. I had to vault with a helmet throughout the rest of my career.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Ouch. I was never that unlucky. Breaking a pole was the worst thing that happened. Gave me bruises all over the right side of my leg.

EDIT: This is what a pole break looks like. It's what happens when you put too much energy into the pole or use one that is too light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1OFEXLJrlE&feature=related

[–]thatwasntveryraven 1 point2 points ago

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I never understood why poles seem to always break in 3 pieces. You'd think the stress would cause one weak point to snap, but I always saw them shatter in two places simultaneously.

[–]robotshoelaces 2 points3 points ago

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Same thing happens if you bend a piece of dry spaghetti.

[–]yellowstone10 1 point2 points ago

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I think it's a law of physics or something, the same reason why you can never snap a piece of spaghetti into only two pieces if you bend it from the ends. Short version - if you bend a rod and then suddenly release it (as from a single break), this actually causes a short-term increase in the strain in the rod, leading to further breaks.

[–]go_Pre 0 points1 point ago

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Depends on the pole failure. Most breaks i've seen have been football breaks, or the oval collapsing inwards and having a clean break in one spot. Almost all carbon poles i've seen let go have gone with the three piece break, one right below the bottom arm and one below the sailpiece.

[–]weirdasianfaces 0 points1 point ago

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A friend of mine made it to regionals and two kids in a row sat on the pole a little bit and snapped them both. A few more attempts from a couple more people go by, another person snaps a pole. Unfortunately, I was out with a messed up ankle and a broken nose from an unrelated event so I couldn't be there to see this, but I've heard it's really loud. And sharp.

[–]ClosetSchmuttun 0 points1 point ago

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You didn't have to wear a helmet anyway? It's sate rules here, and it gets annoying when they make you wear one in practice all the time too.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Funny, I never wore a helmet when I vaulted.

This was 5 or so years ago though.

[–]go_Pre 0 points1 point ago

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I do, but only to make my mom not worry so much about me vaulting in college. And, I dig the Toby Stevenson style.

[–]devedander 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah but you weren't almost back on the ground when you let go were you? Because if you were this is what very likely would have happened

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpnVkYp4J4Q

[–]bluesatin -1 points0 points ago

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Most people don't have ankles that like being crunched in it after a 10 or more foot fall.

He's a maximum of about 1 foot off the ground when the pole is bending near the end, not 10; now in theory if he let go at the point where he started gaining vertical velocity again he could just walk out of it like a boss, easier said than done.

[–]go_Pre 5 points6 points ago

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False. When you let that bent pole go, you become the meat in a pain sandwich. The bastard snaps back and hits you with the force of cthulu and leaves one of the WORST welts you've ever seen.

[–]devedander -1 points0 points ago

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The guy didn't have 10 feet to fall when he could have let go of his pole. It would have been basically this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpnVkYp4J4Q

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Hooray! Lets save a little dignity and launch a 13 foot pole wherever the hell it wants to go!

You did see that right? Without a weight that pole went above the bar, which is set at 11 foot.

[–]devedander -2 points-1 points ago

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Yes I did... and between that and getting slammed head first into the mat... I dunno... toss up?

But the original point was ankle break risk... the original argument against letting go of the pole was "you try a 10 foot fall onto a hard metal platform possible breaking your ankles" that's why you always hold on...

Vs getting tossed onto your head at even higher speed? And this guy didn't even have a 10 foot drop... that's the point I was making... sure there are all kinds of other risks, but the rule that you always hold on lest you fall and break your ankle... well taht rule just isnt' always the best under every circumstance, this being one as proven by that youtube vid.

[–]Sylraen -2 points-1 points ago

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the perspective here is breaking my mind.

[–]rogue_hertz 0 points1 point ago

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Like this?

[–]devedander 0 points1 point ago

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Pretty much like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpnVkYp4J4Q

[–]RoseforMVP 0 points1 point ago

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When that happened to me I just let go when I was a few feet above the pit. Right before the part where the guy got flung.

[–]backflip10019 -1 points0 points ago

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This might literally be the oldest gif on the internet.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Old as the internets.

[–]sge_fan 2 points3 points ago

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I believe the athlete was Abraham Lincoln.

[–]RudeRedditer -2 points-1 points ago

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I heard you vaulted his pole, you big homo.

[–]skippy619 -2 points-1 points ago

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I guess he skipped the lesson on bailing.

[–]thatwasntveryraven 1 point2 points ago

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Nope. That's textbook (aside from the weak plant and jump at the beginning).

[–]devedander -3 points-2 points ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpnVkYp4J4Q

To everyone chanting the mantra "never let go of the pole" that's a great rule as you go into the jump just like buckle your seatbelt is a great rule every time you are about to drive somewhere.

But occassionally it will turn out letting go of the pole is better than being flung by the pole and sometimes being belted in will result in you being trapped in a burning/sinking car.

Don't confuse a generally good rule with a rule that applies to the this particular set of circumstances.

What everyone is saying about letting go of the pole and walking off absolutely applies as is proven by the video above.

And yet another important thing many people are ignoring: No one wants a broken ankle, but this guy got flung head first in an awkard manner pretty fast into the ground... given the choice, I will risk crunching an ankle over a head injury any day.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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No, it doesn't. He's right above the pit, with a pole in between the ground and his crotch. While it's bent. A fiberglass pole.

He's also spinning around, dealing with a flexing pole, going completely the opposite direction he intended to, and you think he has the benefit of watching a gif and going 'hmmm, this seems like the perfect time to let go'? This post is armchair quarterbacking at it's finest.

There's a reason it's the cardinal rule of vaulting.

Oh, and the other side effect would be launching a 13 foot pole in whatever direction it wants to go, with people standing around the mats.

[–]devedander -1 points0 points ago

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I commented on armchair quarterbacking and the pole launchign already.

Let's compare theoretical outcome with actual outcome.

That guy in the youtube vide.... man that was horrific wasn't it! The guy might ahve twisted his ankle a little and people better spend the next 2 -3 seconds while that pole falls making sure they aren't under it...

Vs

Slammed onto your head/uppter torsoe on the track.

So keep arguing what might happen as if what did happen isn't possible or shouldnt' be considered.

This is sounding more and more like the anti pot campaings...

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No, it sounds like someone who spend the better part of 4 years doing exactly that, and knows the sport and what to do.

Versus someone with zero knowledge trying to argue a point that anyone that has actually vaulted before knows to be false.

Thats why you are the only one who is arguing otherwise while people who have vaulted have commented and reinforced what I have said. If anything you exemplify the anti-pot argument; you are commenting on something you know nothing about, and yet you hold the firm belief your view is correct.

[–]devedander -1 points0 points ago

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To save myself retyping this:

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/iamb8/oh_shioh_shi_ooooooohhhhhhhh_shhhhhhhhit/c22bbl5

So what I am hearing from you is this:

"You need to listen to all us blackjack players who have done this for years and KNOW YOU NEVER HIT ON A DEALER 6... THAT'S THE RULE! You don't know what you are doing, you don't play blackjack, you can keep arguing all you want, you don't hit on a 6!"

Now I am going to assue you know something about black jack (and if not, then that's entirely lost on you) but if you do, you will realize how stupid this constant chanting of "the rule" sounds considering "the rule" is the general rule that works out best most often, and as with any rule, it has it's exceptions... only you are stubbornly trying to argue otherwise.

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