Tsukahara (vault)

Tsukahara (vault)

The Tsukahara can refer to a specific vault and a family of vaults in artistic gymnastics. The first Tsukahara vault was performed by (and named after) Mitsuo Tsukahara in 1972.

A Tsukahara vault consists of a half turn off the springboard onto the vault table, then a push backwards, usually into a back salto or layout. [cite web|url= http://www.usgyms.net/vault_skills.htm| title=Vault Skills Terminology|accessdate=2008-02-24]

Variations

Any vault that has a handspring with 1/4 - 1/2 turn onto the vault table into a salto backwards is classified as a Tsukahara vault. Some variations on the Tsukahara vaults include:

* Kim - Tsukahara tucked or stretched with full twist (360°) off
* Zamolodchikova - Tsukahara stretched with a 2/1 turn (720°) off
* Phelps - a half turn onto the vault table, followed by a half turn off and into a front layout.

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