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compulsory reading

Unread postby MadeinTaiwan » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:38 am

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".

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:54 am

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.

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Unread postby Cooleo111 » Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:09 pm

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).

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:19 pm

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).


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Unread postby baggettpv » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:32 am

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


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Unread postby MightyMouse » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:44 am

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