Topic: Move of the Day - Speed Vaults

[The Fallen]

Its time for something easy today cause i gotta save my energy for the upcoming Mcdaniel jam. Ok speed vaults. how simple can you get. Its a basic movement but overlooked by some of the best and easily forgotten. Its a quick little fun way to flow easily and get going with your run.

1) As always the run up is first. You want to go FAST because it a a SPEED vault understand? mmkay now you want to run into this move and its gonna be quick and painless....hopefully....

2) Ok after the run up kinda tilt your body to the side you want to lean on when your going into the move. You want to kinda throw your body to one side so it looks and feels like a sideways monkey vault. After your over the object your speed vaulting you wnat to put your hand down so you can support the fast paced move.

3) After you put your hand down and support the speed of it you want to push off and throw your body back to a veritcal position so its feels like RUN JUMP HAND PUSH LAND.

Well that was a much more simplier tutorial then all my others. trying to keep it easy for the weekend to come. Remember that if you want to add anything i forgot be my guest! i love to hear some improvments on these little spiels of mine.

So from The Fallen...DONT FALL!!! remember marylanders Mcdaniel jam this saturday!hope to see you there so im logging for now cause i see the teacher coming...cya....GRENADE!!!

[Bachelarius]

I'll add a bit more, I have witnessed people smash their knees too many times to not say this, NEVER underestimate the obstacle, really concentrate on getting your legs high enough, but still keep as close to the obstacle as you can.

The other point is that it is easier to do them 'over' some form of gap onto a wall, like a plant pot with slightly sunken grass or something in the middle, with solid flat topped sides. This gets the dive which you need to do one of these well. Most people forget this but you really need to dive into them, and a rail gets people scared as the hand placement is so precise. You HAVE to dive lol.

And one last thing, try to make the hand placement to be in the middle of your ark, not at one of the ends. If it's too close to the take off, it will feel too awkward and send you off balance. If you do it too late, the shock on one wrist is pretty major (think how much a saut de chat/kong can hurt if you slam your palms downwards into the obstacle.)

[hardcoretraceur]

 the distance before and after the object should be the same and be as much as possible. you should be taking off one foot and landing on another. you should tuck your body in.

[Ryan Ford]

you should be taking off one foot and landing on another. you should tuck your body in.

i take of with my left foot and land on my left for a straight and max speed speed vault.

[Asa]

Amen to that Demon, landing on the opposite foot makes continuing running awkward for me.

[Johnny Boy]

if someone could put up a video of a good speed vault, it would be much appreciated
I thought i knew what a speed vault was, but it seems I had it wrong.
thanks

[Bachelarius]

There's one in this video:

Xtrme-UP Extract 2

Watch it, frame by frame it, whatever. Just realise what he's doing and how he's doing it. Also note that he dives into it, not places his hand first, then jumps.

[Flippusmn]

I have never showed anyone about parkour that could't do a speed vault. 

[Bachelarius]

Like I said many many times before, there is a difference between a crappy vault and a propper one...

A 'speed vault' is pretty damn hard to master. You have to drill it continuously to be able to do it well.

[Flippusmn]

It could just be who you are, but I know what you mean by doing it right but I just meant that they could do it. There are vaults like the Kong inwhich I have met many people who couldn't do it at all you know?

[Johnny Boy]

yea i know how to do that (maby not properly and in perfect form) but yea, I just didnt know the name i guess

[Bachelarius]

"yea i know how to do that (maby not properly and in perfect form)"

Then you don't know how to do it. Train these! Such an important vault. Or at least try them on some obstacles, and find out if it is your way of moving or not.

[coastal96]

Also note that he dives into it, not places his hand first, then jumps.

I was trying to show someone how to do this vault last night and that's exactly what he kept doing.  I didn't realize it at the time but now that you mention it . . . that was his exact problem.  I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I train with him.

[Johnny Boy]

yea il work on it, iv got two nice rails  outside my house so il go for it
coastal u can give me a pointer or something at the practise session wednesday if anybody shows for once