KASAMATSU VERSUS TSUKAHARA VAULT

KASAMATSU VERSUS TSUKAHARA VAULT

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In the gymnastics vault, many male gymnasts presently perform vaulting of the Kasamatsu type in competitions.The purpose of this study was to clarify the characteristics of the vaulting motion of the Kasamatsu vault in comparison with the Tsukahara vault.Six male redken shades 9gi college gymnasts performed the Kasamatsu and Tsukahara vaults.Their vaulting motion was captured by the 3-dimensional optical motion capture system MAC3D.

For both the Kasamatsu and Tsukahara vaults, horizontal velocity of the center of mass decreased, vertical velocity increased, and angular momentum was produced in the board contact phase.In addition, sara stedy stand aid horizontal and vertical velocity decreased in the vault contact phase.However, no significant difference was observed between both vaults.The contribution of the upper limbs to angular momentum about the center of mass was significantly higher for the Kasamatsu vault than that for the Tsukahara vault at vault takeoff.

These results suggest that the turn during the Kasamatsu vault was performed with rotation of the lower limbs being suppressed and angular momentum being maintained using the upper limbs.