Which is harder, hitting a curve ball or pole vaulting?

[BullFrog Dad]

Hmmm

[onfirebball05mustang]

pole vaulting...i don't like heights and can hit a curve ball :D

[BullFrog Dad]

Originally posted by onfirebball05mustang
pole vaulting...i don't like heights and can hit a curve ball :D LOL I couldn't do either one so I have no say in the matter!

[big daddy russ]

Depends on who's throwing the curve ball.

[onfirebball05mustang]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
Depends on who's throwing the curve ball.

another valid point!

[tigers05]

never done either, but pole vaulting sure does look harder, so high, with such a skinny pole. I saw a kid fall and miss the mat my soph. year at a track meet, now thats some scary stuff.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by tigers05
never done either, but pole vaulting sure does look harder, so high, with such a skinny pole. I saw a kid fall and miss the mat my soph. year at a track meet, now thats some scary stuff.

It's also scary if the ball curves the wrong way & knocks the crap out of a body part.

[pirate44]

both are easy. now try hitting a curve ball WITH a pole-vault pole. now THAT takes talent.:D

[onfirebball05mustang]

Originally posted by pirate44
both are easy. now try hitting a curve ball WITH a pole-vault pole. now THAT takes talent.:D

ok, now i know what i'm dong afterschool!

[pirate44]

Originally posted by tigers05
never done either, but pole vaulting sure does look harder, so high, with such a skinny pole. I saw a kid fall and miss the mat my soph. year at a track meet, now thats some scary stuff.
i remember my brother vaulting at a high school meet and the pole bent backwards in mid-vault and popped big jim and the twins. but good news. he later got married and was able to father 2 kids.:D

[onfirebball05mustang]

Originally posted by pirate44
i remember my brother vaulting at a high school meet and the pole bent backwards in mid-vault and popped big jim and the twins. but good news. he later got married and was able to have 2 kids.:D

aww a happy ending:D Ooo that had ta hurt!

[AggieJohn]

i say pole vault
pole vaulting requires you to get up, and if yo don't you land backward, no mat will save you

[Ranger05]

curve ball is an easy pitch to hit it stays on the same plain now a slider or split finger fastball those are some hard pitches to hit

[setex]

Curveball is more difficult, backed up below, but I've left with bigger cuts playing #59 than #1.

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[VWG]

Gotta be pole vault.
Curve ball.... keep your hands and weight back, and you're fine.
Make contact.
Pole vault you've got to haul butt up a small runway and then make sure you've got enough tourque going on that big stick to throw yourself up.... and then over the dang bar.
Now that takes some skill.

[AggieJohn]

#2 doesn't exist so this is data is void

[pirate44]

i think this is like comparing apples to oranges.

[BullFrog Dad]

Originally posted by setex
Curveball is more difficult, backed up below, but I've left with bigger cuts playing #59 than #1.

Top 60 (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills) Auto racing was #32 but motocross was not on the list. If you've ever done it you would agree it's a top 5 if not on top of the list.

[pancho villa]

Pole vaulting!

I have seen fat kids hit a curve ball, never seen a fat pole vaulter.

[GreenMonster]

Originally posted by pancho villa
Pole vaulting!

I have seen fat kids hit a curve ball, never seen a fat pole vaulter.

Amen to that! That's why I stuck with hitting the curveball. Too fat to trust that skinny little pole.