Dr. Bill Sands is now posting some of his research on Advanced Study of Gymnastics. For example:
Vault Board Take Offs – What’s with the “Target” on the Top?
Puzzles and Paradoxes – Gymnastics
He found that Spring Boards vary greatly. That the best place on the Board to jump for each gymnast, for each vault, is often NOT the place on the Board coaches expect.
That’s a very interesting finding. It’s well worth clicking through.
His article includes a screen grab from a video of Sang Lan’s vault from the 1998 Goodwill Games NYC. The one where she was paralyzed. 😦
I’d always heard that no video of that vault existed. It does.
related – gymnasticsinjurydata.com
Dr. Sands is asking coaches to submit information on Gymnastics Injury.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 