Category: vault

Yulo, Vietnam Gold at SEAs

The Southeast Asian Games is hosted every 2 years.

Yulo defended his AA title.

Vietnam 331.250
Philippines 301.600
Singapore 297.650

Carlos Yulo PHI 85.150
Thanh Tung VIE 84.050
Dinh Phuong Thanh VIE 82.450

How did the defending World champion look on Vault?

Hashimoto Daiki – 6 apparatus

Our defending Olympic champion Hashimoto Daiki won the All Japan competition:

174.161 (85.864, 87.797)

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Paul Juda’s form on Vault

I typically take either 0.3 or 0.5 for straddling on the preflight of Round-off approach vaults.

For Juda there is NO DEDUCTION.

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Jaedyn Rucker wins Vault

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Oksana training Handspring double front

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Leah Smith – Vault

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perfect landing – Sierra Brooks

If we had computers evaluating SAFEST landings on Vault, you should get deducted if not opening as completely as Sierra.

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Kasamatsu progressions

Here’s another very well edited tutorial from the Saving Tenths YouTube channel.

I’ll add a couple of additional points for KAS:

  • it’s important that coaches of BEGINNERS understand the relationship between cartwheel (early) and twisting (later). If one decides the direction of cartwheel — then later decides a different direction of twist, this particular vault is going to be difficult or impossible.
  • cartwheel with the right hand forward requires a right twist in all saltos
  • cartwheel with the left hand forward requires a left twist in all saltos
  • I like to post a chart on the wall where all coaches know cartwheel hand and twist direction of every competitive athlete in the program
  • ideally I’d like to do all the progressions in this video — but in the layout position first into the pit. Use the tuck position only if needed for competition that season. Layout is the goal. I’d go back to layout as soon as season ends.

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Suni DID compete 1/2-on, Fwd Layout

As a competitive Vault, that’s crazy. SO difficult to land consistently.

I’d argue it’s even tougher than the Handspring Fwd Layouts we’ve seen a few times in NCAA.

When I saw it in training online I ASSuMEd she was using it as a “timer” — and would add twists later.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Spencer would have given  9.8 though she was scored 9.925.