Fig 1.
The different first flight phases of the three most common vault styles in male and female artistic gymnastics. Left: Handspring; middle: Tsukahara; right: Yurchenko.
Fig 2.
Schematic representation of the recording conditions and the different measurement positions of run-up speed (vend) at the last step before the jump onto the springboard for Yurchenko (mean speed from 10 – 8m in front of the vaulting table) and handspring or Tsukahara vaults (mean speed from 7 – 5m) during the competitions of the 2016 European Championships in Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics females.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics males.
Fig 3.
Females’ optimal run-up speed.
Boxplots of the run-up speed (vend) of elite and junior female athletes separated into the different vault styles (handspring, Tsukahara, Yurchenko) and vaults (vault numbers) performed during the qualification of the 2016 European Championships in Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.
Fig 4.
Boxplots of the run-up speed (vend) of elite and junior male athletes separated into the different vault styles (handspring, Tsukahara, Yurchenko) and vaults (vault numbers) performed during the qualification of the 2016 European Championships in Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.
Table 3.
Correlations.