Pole Vault Girl Fail: Kira Grünberg Paralyzed By "Traditional" Pole Vault
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Date: 2015-12-09

Pole Vault Girl Kira Grünberg Fail: See http://www.howtopolevault.com see how girls fail using USA National Pole Vault Development Staff and Rice University pole vault methods. Coach wrote the following in December of 2014:

“This is David Butler of Rice University and the USA National Pole Vault Development Staff.

I have some questions about some of your statements and concerns about technical aspects of the pole vault.

I’ve spent 6 summers in Italy under the mentorship of Vitali Petrov and I am also concerned about your comments about his or Bubka’s success or failure of teaching/practicing the pole vault.

Could you email me your philosophy and what you do that the rest of the world is not doing?

With 35 years experience and high respect all over the world, I am always seeking knowledge.

David Butler”

The following day, December 11, 2014, after receiving the information that Mr. Butler had requested from me, Mr. David Butler (of Rice University and the USA National Pole Vault Development Staff) then emailed to me his following sarcastically soiled condescending response to the facts I had provided him: 

“So, let me get this right....
1. You believe the vaulter must be airborne before the tip strikes the box ?
2. You advocate 'pulling the pole around' or holding the flex-side off to the left (for right handed vaulter) at takeoff?
3. You believe that Petrov and therefore, the Bubka Model is wrong ?

Could you give me a short bio on you...I don’t believe we have ever met at the Summit or Podium meetings.

Where do you coach? Who have you worked with?

Have you visited my site called 'ArtoftheVault.com? A lot of film study there

David”

My December 11, 2014, response to Mr. Butler contained my following statement:

“I don’t know who you think you are, but, if you are so certain that your pole vault knowledge is so effective, let’s debate your ideas while ALLOWING mine to also be heard. I invite you to meet me in person to 'put your money where you mouth is' and let me counter each of your 'expert' proven deadly misconceptions with my own proven facts. Otherwise, please don’t waste my time with your condescending childish close-minded deceptive behavior.”

Thursday, July 30, 2015, seven months and three weeks following my December 11, 2014, memorandum to Mr. Butler, Austrian female pole vaulter, Kira Grünberg, was catastrophically injured when paralyzed while applying Rice University Coach David Butler's lethal “traditional” pole vault teachings.

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