PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FEMALE GYMNASTS’ VAULT IN ELITE COMPETITIONS FROM 2008 TO 2015

Sunčica Delaš Kalinski; Almir Atiković; Igor Jelaska; Mirjana Milić

doi:10.52165/sgj.8.2.109-123

Authors

Sunčica Delaš Kalinski University of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology, Croatia
Almir Atiković University of Tuzla, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Igor Jelaska University of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology, Croatia
Mirjana Milić University of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology, Croatia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52165/sgj.8.2.109-123

Keywords:

female, artistic gymnastic, vault, development

Abstract

Vault is an apparatus that slightly differs from other in women’s artistic gymnastics in the way of judging, duration of performance, but also in the requirements for certain biomotor abilities of the competitors. Accordingly, the question of number of competitors in the Vault Qualifications arises. Of all the major competitions in the period from 2008 to 2015 only at the competitions that were Individual All-Around Finals and Individual Event Finals (WC2009 and WC2013) a high percentage of Vault Qualifiers (WC2009 = 81.03%; WC2013 = 90.90%) has been identified. At other competitions (OG2008, WC2010, WC2011, QOG2012, OG2012, WC2014, WC2015) only approximately 20% of the elite competitors competed Vault Qualifications. Furthermore, due to identification of the impact of Competitor type (Vault Qualifiers or All-Around competitors), Competition (OG2008, WC2009, WC2010, WC2011, QOG2012, OG2012, WC2013, WC2014, WC2015) and their interaction with vaults Difficulty Scores, Execution Scores and Total Scores between-between 2*9 factorial ANOVA was applied. Finally, it was concluded that biomotor skills and competitors’ selected tactics probably generated the obtained significant differences. The results should be guidelines in planning and programming of training sessions for female elite competitors who aspire towards the Vault Finals.

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