Fun Topic: What are some of the worst facilities and/or crazy things you've seen at meets? (I don't intend this to be an attack on people or places ,but more of a "Man, do you remember that meet when..." kinda thing.)
Here's a few of mine:
1. When I was in college we competed somewhere where there was a barb-wire fence about 7-8 feet behind the discus ring. You clearly were not going to hit the thing, but it always freaked everyone out a little as you threw.
2. At a high school meet, we had horribly windy conditions - a kid who was at least 6-3, 240 won the 100M (he normally ran like 12.5) in a monster head-wind against a bunch of kids who were consistently in the mid 11 range. Big feller just plowed on through - it was hilarious.
3. A local school had a shot ring that was literally a poured circle - not a square with a metal or sunken ring, a concrete circle. Grass would grow up over it. I was coaching a kid who was a spinner and throwing in the 55' range - the upper left part of the ring was overgrown with grass, moss, etc. -- we tried to scrape it off, but he just kept slipping. He just did power throws and won anyway.
Here's a few of mine:
1. When I was in college we competed somewhere where there was a barb-wire fence about 7-8 feet behind the discus ring. You clearly were not going to hit the thing, but it always freaked everyone out a little as you threw.
2. At a high school meet, we had horribly windy conditions - a kid who was at least 6-3, 240 won the 100M (he normally ran like 12.5) in a monster head-wind against a bunch of kids who were consistently in the mid 11 range. Big feller just plowed on through - it was hilarious.
3. A local school had a shot ring that was literally a poured circle - not a square with a metal or sunken ring, a concrete circle. Grass would grow up over it. I was coaching a kid who was a spinner and throwing in the 55' range - the upper left part of the ring was overgrown with grass, moss, etc. -- we tried to scrape it off, but he just kept slipping. He just did power throws and won anyway.
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