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Looking through a lot of the posts recently, i have found that as you would expect, lots of beginners are asking questions(which obviously should be encouraged).
But then when another (beginner) gives a piece of advice which has some flaws, they are then ripped into by a more experienced vaulter. Which often leads to a quick rebuttal from the begginer and then the origonal question is forgotten about and the forum deteriorates into a slagging match.

So my suggestion is that just like there is a set of forum rules, maybe there should be a set of "required reading".

Not only would this would answer many often asked questions, thereby saveing young vaulters a lot of time by not having to ask the same question that others have asked before, but it would also save more experienced vaulters a lot of frustration.

The contents of this list would most likly be a hotly debated topic(not necessarily a bad thing) but i am sure that we could come up with at least 5 topics if not more that we all agree upon.

let me know what you think about it and what topics should be included in the "required reading".

Yeah, I would like to get a post together with links to commonly asked questions and things of that nature though.

It won't solve the problem, because people won't all read that first, but it is a step in the right direction.

How about if people posted links to threads that they think should be required reading.

I like this idea...could you maybe require them to read something when they sign up for the forum? That way, they can't actually post anything without reading through the article(s).

Cooleo111 wrote:I like this idea...could you maybe require them to read something when they sign up for the forum? That way, they can't actually post anything without reading through the article(s).

No.

"Beginner to Bubka" Launder
"Periodization of Training" Bompa
"Total Training for Young Champions" Bompa
anything on Psychomotor Learning (on the web)


Rick Baggett
WSTC LLC

Brevity would be key, many forums do this type of thing. But it usually gets ignored because the required reading runs 10+ pages