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One Day Camp information
http://www.raceberryjam.com/blazerpv.html

email all questions to the camp director (Robin)
rbalderlano@csbsju.edu

Steve

[To reserve your spot...]

To reserve your spot...
1--Print and complete camp this registration sheet
2--Write a check made out to Flight Deck
3--US Mail the registration form and check to
Flight Deck Athletics
9529 Teakwood Ln N
Maple Grove MN  55369
4--Look for your name to appear on the reply below when your spot is reserved.
5--Please direct all questions to Caroline White, 763-458-2916
6--Cancellations rarely happen.  If you cancel, and we fill the spot, you will be fully refunded.  If we do not fill that spot, all but $50 will be refunded (this has never happened).  

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Name


Gender


Age


Weight


School


Year in School


Name of your vault coach


Best vault in a meet


Any medical information we should know about (allergies, asthma, autism, etc)


Insurance Information (Provider, Policy Number, group number, copay)





Emergency contact information (name, camp-time phone #, etc)


Parent Signature (if under 18)



Athlete Evening Phone number


Athlete Phone Number we can TEXT--used in an emergency


Athlete Email--used as primary source for news and camp info



Other Sports and Activities the athlete has participated in:



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Circle and Indicate 1st or 2nd choice

...(A) Sundays, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24  (12:00pm-1:30pm)
...(A) Sundays, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24  (1:30pm-3:00pm)

...(B) Sundays, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15  (12:00pm-1:30pm)
...(B) Sundays, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15  (1:30pm-3:00pm)

...(C) Sundays, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19  (12:00pm-1:30pm)
...(C) Sundays, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19  (1:30pm-3:00pm)

...(D) Sunday, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9  (12:00pm-1:30pm)
...(D) Sunday, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9  (1:30pm-3:00pm)

...(E) Sunday, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2  (12:00pm-1:30pm)
...(E) Sunday, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2  (1:30pm-3:00pm)

Additional time spots will be added on Sundays if there is demand
Additional weeks will be added and continue through March
Additional sessions during the week will be added as we get closer to the high school season

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Coaches are invited to attend our PV camps
Every Tuesday and Thursday in June and July

We will teach you how to coach the event
--what to look for
--what to say
--what to change, when to change, and how much to change
--how to TEACH the event to athletes
--how to coach the event, while coaching other events
--what to buy

--Real solutions to real problems

Call to discuss

Steve

[Flight Deck Athletics]

Places to vault that we know about in the Winter

Flight Deck Athletics
St John's University
(contact Steve White steve@flightdeckathletics.com)

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped at the summer meets hosted by FDA at Armstrong HS.  Our goal is to offer flexible co-ed competitions that are run by hired workers and run the meets with a variety of formats and styles.  Though I heard only good things, any suggestions re: how to improve the meets for next summer would be appreciated.  

The meets for now though are done and the pits are put away.

We will be offering Sunday morning club practices starting in October I think and continuing them through to March.  We are working on the details and will post when we know more.

Have a great august/sept.

Steve

[--The meet progresses as a normal meet for each person--Each vaulter is allowed one "Mulligan" (one time fourth attempt)]

Hello vaulters

Here's this week's format--"Rolling Start with a Mulligan"
--The pits will be open at 4pm and will close at 8pm.
--Each vaulter is allowed unlimited warm-up jumps (1 warm-up bar)
--We will run it as a "rolling start"--when you're ready, you begin
--Each vaulter chooses the bar heights he/she starts at
--The meet progresses as a normal meet for each person
--Each vaulter is allowed one "Mulligan" (one time fourth attempt)
--The cost is $10 to compete, and $5 more if you want to use our complete line of poles.
--Workers will be hired to set bars and standards for the athletes.

--Top male and Top female will be considered our two winners and be returned their $10 entry fee (as a prize)


Everyone is welcome, call if questions
Steve

soon....

[1st Brandon Johnson, AATC, 12'3, 94.44%]

Hello Vaulters
Here are the meet results from last week

1st Brandon Johnson, AATC, 12'3, 94.44% Prize winner
2nd Monica Stearns, FDA, 11'9, 91.82% Prize Winner
3rd Dan Frette, FDA, 12'9, 91.10%
4th Steve White (Left), FDA, 9'9, 88.96%
5th Liz Robertson, FDA, 9'9, 88.69%
6th Pat Hagel, FDA, 13'3, 88.21%
7th Caroline White, FDA, 10'9, 88.17%
8th Kurt Riska (8 step), FDA, 13'3, 85.41%
9th Steve White (8 Step), FDA, 13'3, 85.41%
10th Bob Cahow, Stout, 12'9, 84.93%
--Lou Casselius, Stout, nh        
--Pat Doty, Stout, nh
--Andrew Smith, Stout, nh    
--Carrie Hinners, AATC, nh
--Bobby, AATC, nh
--Owen Kingstadt, FDA, nh
--Chris Milton, FDA, nh

Thanks to all who showed up

We will try to have these meets continue through August
Steve

Hello Vaulters

We hosted the first of many wednesday night meets at Armstrong High School.  (13) vaulters competed.  We ran the meet "classic" style, though the format will change from meet to meet

Here was the format for this meet
--The pits opened at 4pm and were closed at 8pm.
--Each vaulter was allowed unlimited warm-up and ( competition bars that counted.  Each vaulter chose the bar heights he/she jumped at.  
--The competition was scored as a percentage of the American age-group record.
--The cost was $10 to compete, and $5 more if you wanted to use our complete line of poles.
--Workers were hired to set bars and standards for the athletes.
--The winner was returned the meet entry fee.

RESULTS
1st  Katie Cerling,  17,  10'0,  74.03%
2nd  Steve White,    32,  14'0,  70.81% (8 Step)
    Chris Milton,   24,  14'0,  70.81%
4th  Meira Lifson,   18,   9'6,  70.39%
5th  Brandon Johnson,18,  12'0,  70.25%
6th  Caroline White, 24,  11'0,  69.85%
7th  Owen Kingstadt, 17,  11'6,  67.37%
8th  Erin Buecksler, 22,  10'6,  66.74%
9th  Kurt Riska,     28,  13'0,  65.84% (6 Step)  
    Pat Hagel,      19,  13'0,  65.84%
11th Jen Fettig,     23,   9'6,  60.29%
    Monica Stearns  22,   nh
    Marla Nelson    19,   nh


All are welcome

[FlightDeck Athletics]

Places to vault that we know about in the summer

FlightDeck Athletics

Armstrong High School (contact Steve White steve@flightdeckathletics.com)

Let's offer a couple rules changes for summer and club meets.  I watched these ideas work well when I visited Earl Bell's house in Arkansas.

First, Every Vaulter gets ONE Mulligan in the competition.
Second, If you swear, it is a miss.
Third, If you land on your feet, it is a miss.  (most injuries are ankles)
Fourth, If you don't ask for your step (or mid-mark if you prefer), it is a miss.
Fifth, someone catches your pole, or ALL other vaulters get a miss.


Example.
If you clear the bar, land on your feet and don't check your step
  OXX  and you get to jump at the next height

If you miss, land on your feet, swear, and don't check your step
  XXXX  and you go home.


Your thoughts?
Steve

[Did the vaulter make an effort to throw the pole?]

Let's change the wind rulings that show up.

--Old way (high school)
Did the vaulter make an effort to throw the pole?


--New way (copied from the NCAA)
Did the WIND cause the pole to diplace the crossbar?

As a teacher of Physics, I can tell you that the force it takes to unbalance a pole enough to have it fall away from the crossbar is next to nothing (relative to the force required for a person to clear the bar in the first place)

Obviously there are days when we have to have wind calls--and I'm OK with that.  I would argue that these days are very few.  But let's ignor the wind when ever possible--require more of our vaulters--and leave the bar UP!  

What do you think?
Steve

[Sector]

The PLZ "preferred landing zone" is here, or on the way.  

I am one vaulter who thinks this is GREAT!

But let's add to the idea.  Let's "raise the bar" on all vaulters by calling the box a Sector.  As with other sectors in track and field, performances only count when the performance is completed within the sector.  I believe we should do that here.  Let's make it so that the vault only counts if the vaulter lands safely within the "sector".  All out-of-sector landings, whether the bar stays up or not, would be counted as a failed attempt.  

I believe, with this edit to our rules and our thinking, we could abolish the weight-rule and at the same time increase the safety for the event.  Let's stop complaining about the weight-rule, and invent a better alternative.  Only with a better alternative will this bad rule be changed.


What do you think?  Let's invent the solution.

Steve

Are you a college/Open/Masters Vaulter?
Are you looking for a club to train and vault with?

Join us.

We are currently competing at colleges around the area
The cost is $10 per day, all poles included.  Or you can buy a club jacket $90 and that covers you for the year.

Currently we have 22 people who are a part of FDA
We have well over 100 poles (nearly every pole 15-200 and smaller)

We will be training this summer again for the summer meets

Call Steve to get questions answered

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