Volzing

{{Short description|Illegal pole vaulting technique}} {{Unreliable sources|date=September 2022}} '''Volzing''' is a now illegal technique in the pole vault once popularized by its namesake, American David Volz.<ref name="prezi">{{cite web|url=http://prezi.com/5anmzlmkebyv/how-a-pole-vault-competition-is-run/|title=How a Pole Vault Competition is Run by Matt Davis on Prezi|publisher=prezi.com|accessdate=2014-07-24}}</ref><ref name="h2g2">{{cite web|url=http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A87748285|title=h2g2 – Pole Vault – Edited Entry|publisher=h2g2.com|accessdate=2014-07-24}}</ref> For a period of time during his career, until rules were written to outlaw it, Volz and later others<ref name="alltime-athletics">{{cite web|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mpoleno.htm#14|title=Men's non-legal pole vault|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|accessdate=2014-07-24}}</ref> who learned the technique, would be able to steady the bar, or even replace the bar back to its pegs after they had dislodged it all while still in mid air.<ref>{{cite web | title=Who is the Best American Pole Vaulter in History – Page 3 | website=PoleVaultPower Forum | url=http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=132&start=24 | access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Richard|title=The Ultimate Sports Handbook: How to Steal Home, Slam Dunk, Score a Penalty Kick, and Play Like the Pros|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgBbIAHqxp0C&pg=PA138|year=2005|publisher=Quirk Books|isbn=978-1-59474-034-3|page=138}}</ref><ref name="pausatf">{{cite web|url=http://www.pausatf.org/data/officials/Vertical%20Jumps%20for%20Beginners.pdf|date=15 August 2013|title=Vertical Jumps [High Jump & Pole Vault] for beginners|author=Bruce Colman|accessdate=2014-07-24}}</ref> It was outlawed by USATF Rule 183 5d; IAAF Rule 183 2d; NCAA 6-2b; NFHS Rule 7-5-29g.

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