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6 jump rule???
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:07 pm
by LancerVaulter07
i am going to a meet next saturday, and invitational
and my coach said that there might be a "six jump
rule" but of course, he couldn't explain it to me, so
i was wondering if anyone has heard of this and what
it is???
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:21 pm
by izzystikchik
Never heard that term used before??? Maybe its like 5 alive accept with 6?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:36 pm
by distancejumper
I am about 99% sure that a six jump meet is where you have six jumps and you pick any hight to put the cross-bar and the person who gets the highest hight wins.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:37 pm
by PVPirate26
distancejumper wrote:I am about 99% sure that a six jump meet is where you have six jumps and you pick any hight to put the cross-bar and the person who gets the highest hight wins.
i've never heard of that before...
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:38 pm
by distancejumper
I have never been to an official meet like that, but I've been to an open meet like that. If you ask cdmilton, he prolly knows.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:39 pm
by izzystikchik
Thats one i've never heard of before in my whole life....all though i kinda like it in a way...
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:40 pm
by PVPirate26
distancejumper wrote:I have never been to an official meet like that, but I've been to an open meet like that. If you ask cdmilton, he prolly knows.
sorry, i wasn't doubting you! i had just never heard of a competition being run that way before, but i'm sure it's possible.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:55 pm
by distancejumper
thats ok...I didn't think of it that way. I see what you mean. If I didn't do that meet I never would have known about it.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:31 pm
by ryansanta
Both of those things sound logical, but if I had to choose off the top of my head it would be flights of 6, but who knows?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:39 pm
by LancerVaulter07
yeah i have never heard of this before either,
i know he was telling me to make sure i come
in around 10 which i do anyway because he
was like "i think the 6 jump rule is in effect, it's
something like no matter how many heights you
clear or miss, you only get 6 jumps" but with him
who knows because he never vaulted and is a
football coach who does track too lol...i was just
wondering if anyone had heard of it...i kinda
figured it was a BS thing...lol
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:30 pm
by BrownPV2009
Yeah, you're coach is right, 6 jump rule just means that the competition continues normally except that you are only allowed a total of six jumps. You get 3 jumps per height, but after you take your sixth you are done.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:28 pm
by PvRowSwim
The six jump rule STINKS soooooooooo much! I hate it! It jips you out of some many jumps just because they want the meet to run faster! It should be completely eliminated...