competition Vault warm-up port-a-pit

I want port-a-pits to be available for vault ‘timers’ at competition. I’ve even phoned meet organizers ahead of time to request that they provide that kind of matting.

One day at the Canadian Championships I was pleased to see this mat out in the competition gym.

Click PLAY or watch some vault podium training on YouTube.

But why is it so short?

Dangerously short.

I assume the idea is that this mat is easy to move quickly. But I’d just as soon not have one in my gym, afraid that sooner of later one of the kids would fly over it.