What is a level 8 vault in gymnastics?
Congratulations on moving up to Level 8. Level 8 means you’re flipping your first vault in competition, that you’ve added twisting into your floor passes and are performing saltos on the balance beam.
What level is a front handspring vault?
The handspring vault! The handspring vault is the compulsory vault at Levels 4 and 5. It is the first vault gymnasts perform over the vault table. And often, the technique and scoring is a mystery to gymnasts, parents, and new coaches.
What is a Yurchenko gymnastics?
Yurchenko is the name of both a specific vault and a vault family in artistic gymnastics. The Yurchenko was named after Soviet gymnast Natalia Yurchenko in 1982 during a competition in Moscow. In a Yurchenko vault, the gymnast does a round-off onto the springboard and a back handspring onto the horse or vaulting table.
What are the Level 8 gymnastics requirements?
Level 8 Beam Requirements Minimum of 1/1 (360 degree) turn on one foot. Acro series with 2 skills, one must have flight (Both of the skills must start and finish on the beam) One jump/leap that reaches a 180 degree angle split (can be included in dance series) Aerial or Salto Dismount (minimum of “A” value)
Can you do a double back in level 8?
Level 8 only requires an A dismount and a double back is a B.
How long does Level 8 floor music have to be?
One minute, 30 Seconds
Floor Routine Music Rules & Regulations The maximum time limit is: One minute, 30 Seconds (1:30) for Levels 7,8,9, and 10.
How hard is Yurchenko?
Biles’s Yurchenko double pike has the highest difficulty score (D-score that’s added the execution score) for a women’s vault in gymnastics. The judges at the GK US Classic gave Biles’s Yurchenko double pike a provisional value of 6.6.
Who first did Yurchenko double pike?
Simone Biles
When Simone Biles landed the Yurchenko double pike vault on Saturday night, she became the first woman to do so in competition. Few men have performed it. The one other American is David Sender, a 35-year-old veterinarian in Auburn, Alabama.