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Hitting your sprinkler head with your lawn mower does not win you the Nobel Prize. However it also is not the stupidest thing in the world. I have my lawn mower height set so that it is high enough to pass over all of my Sprinkler heads. however age and the sandy soil of central Florida can work its way into the sleeve. (The area between the casing and the pop-up portion of the sprinkler head) This added friction could slow the pop-up from retreating back into it's hole, stop it part way or completely out.
In my case it stuck up about an extra inch. Which was just enough to tear up the the top 1/4 inch of the head and turn my sprinkler into a fountain.