Finally.
It looks like the NCAA has fixed one of their stupidest rules.
(1) Recommendation. That student-athletes qualifying for the event finals on vault be required to perform one vault with the score determined by averaging all six scores rather than performing two different vaults and the average of the averages of each vault calculated as the final score.
(2) Effective Date. September 1, 2012.
(3) Rationale. Requiring student-athletes to perform a different second vault that they do not train for nor compete the entire year creates an environment that is unsafe for the competitors, lengthens the competition and confuses the general gymnastics fan.
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(5) Student-Athlete Impact. Positive since the vast majority of student-athletes train one vault all season. This change may potentially lessen the possibility of injuries
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Here’s a video of the competition landings of finalists at Championships 2008. You can identify the weak second Vault in many cases.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Women certainly land far more poorly than do the Men. 😦
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