Updated
2004-05 IHSAA Gymnastics Rules Interpretations
Vault Table
USA Gymnastics recently approved an increase in the maximum
height for the vault table. The new
height parameters are 115-135 cm instead of 115-125 cm as specified in the NFHS
Girls Gymnastics Rules Book. This has
risk management implications for any gymnasts who practice and/or compete in
the private gymnastics club, then participate on a high school team.
Therefore, the NFHS Girls Gymnastics Committee has approved
a new height for the vault table consistent with USAG, 115-135 cm. No gymnast is required to use the higher
setting, but this makes it legal to do so.
General
There are conflicting statements in the 2004-2006 NFHS Girls
Gymnastics Rules Book:
On p. 83, Points of Emphasis, revise to read, “Completion
of a Skill: A skill is considered complete on beam and floor when a
base of support is reestablished . . . . .
A skill on bars is complete when the skill has ended in an
extended hang, front, rear or clear support, handstand or suspension under the
low bar.” Note: These revisions make
this section consistent with the definition found on p. 89.
A clarification on Criteria for
Selected Jumps and Leaps on p. 84. Although the
tuck jump, cat leap, wolf jump and pike jump are not all addressed in one
sentence, the guidelines of “within 10 degrees” applies to all of them. When the thighs reach within 10 degrees of
horizontal of the tuck jump and cat leap, the extended leg reaches within 10
degrees of horizontal on the wolf jump or the degree of pike is within 10
degrees of the specified degree of pike, the gymnast is considered to have met
the requirement.