Samir Ait Said’s recovery

Once again I couldn’t watch the injury on Vault landing in Rio. (FIG approved mats are simply not safe enough.)

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via Gymternet Clan

triple salto vaults banned in 2020 MAG Code

No triple salto vaults (forward or backward) will be permitted for value in the 2017-2020 Code
of Points.

FIG MTC newsletter Nov 1, 2016

Good decision. Especially in comparison with WTC – still encouraging badly performed and dangerous double salto vaults for women.

start distance for run

None of the kids will be able to say … “I can’t find my run distance.” 🙂

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Manjak’s Gymnastics.

Vault coaching tips

Nick Ruddock visits a lot of Gyms. He put together a post on common coaching errors on Vault.

1. Not ensuring the vault height is relative to the athlete

2. Too much work on the vault itself

3. Not respecting the importance of the run

VAULT COACHING MISTAKES TO AVOID

Click through for details.

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Oleg Verniaiev – Tsuk arm position

For a small man he’s well able to vault with the most powerful big guys. Technique needed. He can’t use brute force.

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First arm used to push. Second arm to block.

Eythora training Amanar

From trampoline board to pit.

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Gymnasts should train more twists than they want to compete on to hard mats.

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Rebeca Andrade, Oksana Chusovitina – Vault

Excellent training methodologies for Yurchenko triple twist and Handspring double front.

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Yang Hak Seon is back

Our 2012 Olympic Vault champion was 1st on Vault and 2nd on Rings in his first competition after Achilles injury.

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Yurchenko post-flight drill

These kinds of drills are fun. But I wouldn’t do too many of them as the body position is incorrect for the final goal. It takes much less rotation to punch than to do the actual Yurchenko.

They are good for orientation of twisting, however.

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