Hi, I would like to contact any officials who will be working on the pole vault at the World Champs in Paris. The pole vault qualifying comps are difficult to run. There are certain things that only arise in the major meets, and these can cause problems if you are not prepared for them.
I would like to share my experiences from the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The pole vault comps there ran relatively smoothly because of good preparation. I have some tips/suggestions about how to run a warm-up so that 40-50 vaulters can each get 3-5 practice jumps each, and how to avoid having the athletes refusing to jump when there are 13-14 vaulters left in the qualifying. (This happens in the high jump as well.) Nick __________________________________ Dr Nicholas P Linthorne Department of Sport Sciences Brunel University Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1895 274000 ext 5800 Fax: +44 (0)1895 816341 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~spstnpl/ __________________________________
