The biomechanical determinants of post-flight performance in side-horse vaulting

In an attempt to determine the interaction of the three phases of a vault with a view to predicting post-flight performance from properties of pre-flight and contact behaviour, six highly-skilled subjects were filmed and their contact forces simultaneously monitored while performing the layout squat, handspring and Yamashita vaults. To provide an objective criterion of performance a rating for each vault was derived based on height and distance of the post-flight of the vaults. [Continues.]