WAG So who is right?

[Clover]

My DD has had 2 different leg injuries and 2 different sports medicine doctors treating during her "career" as a gymnast. Both times she was told that vault was the last thing she could introduce back during recovery. So, I think vault is toughest on lower body.

 

[sce]

My DD has had 2 different leg injuries and 2 different sports medicine doctors treating during her "career" as a gymnast. Both times she was told that vault was the last thing she could introduce back during recovery. So, I think vault is toughest on lower body.

For my ds it was the opposite. He added vault in before floor.

 

[lindsaygymnast7]

When I sprained my ankle, the last event I came back to was vault. The take - off for vault was very hard on my body.

 

[sce]

My ds has seriously sprained his ankle tumbling, as well as crunched his ankles many times. So for him floor is way harder on his body.

 

[Muddlethru]

As a bystander, it would appear tumbling may be harder. Experience with my daughter and just years experience observing and hearing about injuries, vault is clearly harder on the body.

 

[Deleted member 18037]

So who won/wins. And wheres the popcorn

 

[azara]

I would have thought that vault would have more impact. It depends what level you're talking about.
Lower levels: tumbling is harder impact because the vault is landing on your back on a soft mat.
Optionals: I think vault would be harder because you don't tumble all THAT high. Yurchenko vs. full twist? I think the Yurchenko would win on that one.
Elite: Those girls tumble pretty much as high as they vault, three or four times (for three or four passes) vs. just one vault, so I would hazard a guess that tumbling is harder. I say this because there are numerous elite gymnasts who struggle with injuries due to floor/tumbling, but many of the "ancient" gymnasts, like Chusovitina, become vault specialists because it's all their body can handle. Although you'd think there's more impact on vault, it appears that in the long run, this is not the case.