Tapping Rule 7-2-10

Language has been added to the NFHS track and field rule book that defines the act
of pushing a vaulter on his/her back at take-off in the pole vault during warm-ups or in
competition as an illegal act. The interpretation held by the Association is contact
made by an individual to a vaulter attempting a vault is certainly a violation of Rule 7-2-
10. If contact is made in an effort to secure a vaulter upon returning to the runway
after the testing of a pole, etc., that contact is legal.

Example: This is a classic example of "tapping" that fills all the requirements stated in the NFHS rule.