tsuk troubles.

[liz93gym]

first post. kinda clueless.
im level 8. third year.
last year, got a tsuk (tucked).
was getting low 9.0's all last season.
i know judging got harder, but now im getting low 8.0's.
at states, because of the facility i did a half on, half off, and got an 8.6.
is it worth doing a tsuk?
do one of each?
ugh. :/

 

[CoachTodd]

From what I've seen, if you work on piking the tsuk at level 8, you tend to get more lift off the table due to the fact that you won't be tucking early.
I can also say that if a Yerchenko doesn't frighten you, it appears to be a much easier vault to get the power you would need to score well in JO.
I'm partial to the vaults where the gymnast has to generate the power just because that is what I like but if you can get the form to do the work for you in a yerchenko and it's worth the same, do it.