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The Gymnastic Vault
The vault is a gymnastics discipile performed by men and women.
In the illustration above you can see how to set up the vaulting table,
the
springboard and the mats.
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Technical details: The Vault - Gymnastics
- In a vaulting event, a gymnasts sprints down 25 meters, jumps from a springboard onto the vault
( also called table or tongue ) and pushed him / her - self off from his / her hands.
The first half of the vault is shorter than the second half and
can be straight ( like a handspring ) , twisted ( cartwheel )
or backwards ( back handspring onto the vault after a rondoff on the springboard ) .
- The faster you run the higher you can jump. A small shoulder movement helps you catapult yourself over the table.
- On the other side of the vault, the gymnast performs multiple flips with multiple rotations etc.
- The landing is supposed to be on both legs together and if you have to make a step to balance out the landing,
points are taken away from your total score.
Trainer advice: The Vault - Gymnastics
- The vault is one of the most dangerous disciplines of gymnastics.
Please only practice this apparatus with the assistance of an experianced gymnastics coach.
- In 1998 Sang Lan, a 17 year old world class gymnast from china was paralized
after attempting a practice vault. ( Goodwill Games 1998 )
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