Anon Front Handspring Vault for Level 6 Gymnasts.. mat height requirement?

[Anonymous Post]

Our gym is doing front handspring vaults for all our level 6 gymnasts. They all had beautiful level 5 front handspring vaults that scored mid-9s all fall season, sticking landings, no arching, straight lines. But now for level 6 they are stacking mats to nearly the height of the table. So in order to get there feet around they are all arching their backs to land on their feet quicker with the higher mat stack and their scores are back dropping to mid-8s. Can the mat stack be lowered so they have more rotation time in the air to land on their feet? Right now the mat stack is the same height as all the gymnasts performing the Tsuak and Yurchenko vaults.. about even with the table.

I thought the 2022-2026 code of points listed some changes to the mat stack height for Level 6 vaults that allowed a range of 16-38 inches in height.

With a mid-8 score it feels like it makes more sense to just switch to the Tsuakahara or work on the Yurchenko. Since the front handspring vault is more a compulsory vault, and being used as a stop gap measure until they feel more comfortable performing the Tsuak or yurchenko.

 

[Anonymous Post]

Our gym is doing front handspring vaults for all our level 6 gymnasts. They all had beautiful level 5 front handspring vaults that scored mid-9s all fall season, sticking landings, no arching, straight lines. But now for level 6 they are stacking mats to nearly the height of the table. So in order to get there feet around they are all arching their backs to land on their feet quicker with the higher mat stack and their scores are back dropping to mid-8s. Can the mat stack be lowered so they have more rotation time in the air to land on their feet? Right now the mat stack is the same height as all the gymnasts performing the Tsuak and Yurchenko vaults.. about even with the table.

I thought the 2022-2026 code of points listed some changes to the mat stack height for Level 6 vaults that allowed a range of 16-38 inches in height.

With a mid-8 score it feels like it makes more sense to just switch to the Tsuakahara or work on the Yurchenko. Since the front handspring vault is more a compulsory vault, and being used as a stop gap measure until they feel more comfortable performing the Tsuak or yurchenko.

 

[Anonymous Post]

I am surprised they are having them do the front handspring timer instead of one of the other two. At our gym the only girls who do that timer are ones that have mental blocks/fears about going backwards. I feel like at level 6 especially the Tsuk timers score the best, the Yurchenko timers are common for progression purposes and you rarely see the FHS timer for the reason you mention its hard to get the block needed to not have it be archy and not score well.

 

[Aussie_coach]

The front handspring to mats is a lot harder than the front handspring to the regular landing mat.

It is designed to develop more advanced handspring vaults likevfrint handspring front tuck.

To make it work they need and excellent hurdle onto the board and good length in their pre flight and a powerful block from the shoulders.

Like with anything new it’s going to take time to develop these skills. And while it develops the scores won’t be as high.

In the US it’s much more common to do the Tsukahara (round off over the table) or Yurchenko (round off into board and flic over the table).