Blowin through
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:21 am
by LHSpolevault
I feel pretty stupid asking this but, what does blowing through your pole mean?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:39 pm
by master
Usually, it simply means you have over-powered your pole. That can mean you over bent it, or it "rolled" into the pit so fast and quickly that you would hit the bar on the way up. In that case, a vaulter would usually select the next weight rating pole to work with, or, if they don't have other poles to move to, they might shorten their run so as not to have quite as much speed/energy applied to the pole.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:36 pm
by LHSpolevault
thank you for clearing that up. now i know what's goin on!