Vaulter Suggested to be J. Thrower

[izzystikchik]

I'm a so. college vaulter at Marquette U., and just recently we've, as in our whole sprint/mid-sprint/jumper/vaulter squad, had a mini-octatholon competition this week to test our skills and see if we had other talents.
One of them being how far one can throw a a softball (for girls, the boys had to use a football).
I threw the farthest to my suprise, and so my coach suggested to me that i should try Jav, and see how it would fly, not saying i would stop vaulting or anything...

Is this a good thing or a bad thing for me as a vaulter? I would say it is a good thing because it is good for vaulters to be well rounded athletes, but it looks like this event is a little straining on the shoulders and possibly back, and I don't have the best of backs right now.

Any experienced field coaches out there?

~izzystikchik

[Barto]

Pole Vault / Javelin = very complimentary exercises

[achtungpv]

Rick Attig was a vaulter/Javelin thrower combo in college I believe.

[vaultmd]

Worked for Laura Huarte at Notre Dame. She wound up being the Notre Dame record holder in the jav.

[hallvaulter]

My dad threw jav and jumped..so what barto said. Pole vaulter/Javelin Thrower = Works...

[ACvault]

I always wanted to compete in javelin, except its banned in Marylad high schools

[theczar]

just be careful with your elbow and shoulder....javelin can hurt you if done incorrectly or too much.