vault deduction Flashcards
Balk #1: run approach without coming to rest or support on top of the table
No Deduction
Balk #2 or Balk #3
VOID
Gymnast runs onto board, steps up onto Vault table or rebounds from board to come to rest / support on table
VOID
Vaults without signal from chief judge
0.5
Coach standing between board and table
0.50
Spotting assistance during the vault
VOID
Spotting assistance upon landing
0.5
Spotting assistance upon landing
• Fall after assistance, additional deduction taken
0.5
Coach catches a falling gymnast
0.5
Coach catches a falling gymnast
• No deduction for the spot
for fall only
Insufficient dynamics power (speed/power)
up to 0.3
Use of alternative springboard (trampoline-like / junior board / inflatable rebounding device)
VOID
Fail to use Safety Zone mat for Round-off entry vaults
VOID
Incorrect foot form (flexed / sickled)
up to 0.1
Legs Crossed
up to 0.1
Legs Separated
up to 0.2
Legs Bent
0.3
Excessive Arch
up to 0.2
Hip Angle
up to 0.3
Incomplete LA turn
up to 0.3
Staggered / alternate hand placement on all vaults,
up to 0.1
Shoulder angle
up to 0.2
Excessive arch
up to 0.2
Alternate repulsion from hands on all vaults,
up to 0.2
Legs bent (in support) or early tuck (Salto vaults)
up to 0.3
Step(s) with hand(s)
each 0.1 (0.3 max)
Hop(s) with both hands simultaneously
0.3
Failure to pass through vertical
up to 0.3
Bent arms (bent 90° or more = maximum deduction)
up to 0.5
Too long in support (applies to non-salto vaults from any group)
up to 0.5
Prescribed LA turn begun too early
up to 0.5
Angle of repulsion
•By vertical
no deduction
Angle of repulsion
•1° to 45° past vertical
0.05-0.5
Angle of repulsion
•46° past vertical to horizontal
0.55-1.00
Touch with only one hand on the table.
• CJ takes the deduction if half of the panel sees only one hand touch.
1.0
Head contacting table
2.00
No hand contact on the table
VOID
Insufficient tuck
• Min. 90° bend in hip & knees
Insufficient tuck
• Allow open “puck” position during twists in tuck position
up to 0.3
Insufficient pike (91° – 135°) • Min. 90° bend in hips
up to 0.3
Insufficient stretch (180° ideal - Greater than 135° = stretched position)
• 136° – 179° hip angle (pike) = insufficient stretch
• Excessive arch up to 0.30
up to 0.3
Failure to maintain stretched body (pike down of stretched vaults to facilitate landing)
up to 0.3
INSUFFICIENT EXTENSION (OPEN) BEFORE LANDING • Insufficient and / or late extension (tuck / pike vaults)
up to 0.25
INSUFFICIENT EXTENSION (OPEN) BEFORE LANDING • Total absence of extension (tuck / pike vaults)
0.30
Under-rotation of Salto vaults
0.1
Insufficient exactness of LA turn
up to 0.1
Late completion of the twist
up to 0.3
Brush or hit of body on far end of Vault table
up to 0.2
Insufficient length
up to 0.3
Insufficient height
up to 0.5
Arm swings to maintain balance
up to 0.1
Incorrect body posture
up to 0.2
Trunk movement(s) to maintain balance
up to 0.2
PRESCRIBED LA TURN INCOMPLETE
1° –30° missing
up to 0.1
PRESCRIBED LA TURN INCOMPLETE
31° –60° missing
0.15-0.2
PRESCRIBED LA TURN INCOMPLETE
61° – 89° missing
0.25-0.3
PRESCRIBED LA TURN INCOMPLETE
90° or more missing
Lower value
Deviation from a straight direction
up to 0.3
Lands with feet hip-width apart or closer, but never joins the feet (heels)
0.05
Lands with feet further than hip-width apart
0.1
If entire foot / feet are sliding or lifting off the floor to join, it is considered a small step
0.1
Slight hop, small adjustments of feet or staggered feet
up to 0.1
Steps
each 0.1
0.4 max
Large step or jump
each 0.2
0.4 max
Squat on landing (hips even with or lower than knees)
up to 0.3
Slight brush / touch of 1 or 2 hands on mat (no support)
up to 0.3
Fail to land on any part of the bottom of the feet first
VOID
If gymnast falls, landing on hands and bottom of feet simultaneously, Vault is scored.
0.5
Support on mat (with 1 or 2 hands)
0.5
Fall on mat (to knee(s) or hips)
0.5
Fall against Vault table
0.5
Landing on top of the vault table (in a sitting, lying or standing position)
VOID
