Floor Vault Gymnastics

The floor exercise is one of the events that comprise a total artistic gymnastics program.

Floor vault gymnastics.

Vaulting is also the action of performing a vault. Men compete on six events. The english abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is vt. Also place fourth on floor exercise.

Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. For men it is set at a height of 4 feet 5 inches 135 cm while for women it s set at 4 feet 3 inches 125 cm. Throw in the fact that she has a legitimate shot to represent the u s. Vault uneven bars balance beam and floor exercise in some countries women at one time competed on the rings high bar and parallel bars for example in the 1950s in the ussr.

For this reason the hardest gymnastics skills on the floor truly push the limits of what the human body can do on its own. Gymnastics routines on floor present a mixture of artistic and power tumbling movements. Gymnastics has a. In women s competition the other events are balance beam uneven bars and the vault in men s competition the other events are parallel bars pommel horse still rings and the vault.

Vault and floor exercise silver medalist. Artistic gymnastics is usually divided into men s and women s gymnastics. In modern times female gymnasts compete in four main gymnastics events. Floor and vault competition.

Male gymnasts also compete in vault and floor exercises and they perform on parallel bars rather than uneven bars. For future competition dates please see our club calendar page. Balance beam floor exercises vault and uneven bars. Springfit are delighted to welcome gymnasts from all our venues and other local clubs and classes to compete in our fun and friendly floor and vault gymnastics competitions held in november every year.

Floor exercise pommel horse still rings vault parallel bars and horizontal bar while women compete on four. They compete also in pommel horse rings and high bar. The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on as well as the skill performed using that apparatus. Gymnasts perform 1 floor routine and two vaults to the judges and will be placed in groups against those in their age groups.

There is no beam vault rings or any other apparatus for the gymnast to navigate.