Topic: Question about Lazy Vault

[Sean Au]

I've been practicing my lazy vault for a few days now and I can vault over most of the rails/walls around my apartment complex. But I see in all the videos that as soon as you go over you use your other hand and push off. I don't do that but I seem to be fine. Is it necessary to do that? All I do is vault over and use the same one hand to push off.

[Rebecca Myers]

I think what you're describing is a speed vault. If my understanding is correct, then the lazy vault is simply a speed vault with the extra push at the end by the opposite hand.

[Marquiz Xavier Teniente]

Hah! When I started I had the SAME issue! If my guess is right, you're not quite speed vaulting, but you're kinda surpassing a lazy as well.

As I learned later when you clear the obstacle, you push away to maintain momentum, not necessarily to clear the obstacle. Try planting one foot and then pushing away with your hand. Step into the push and boom, you're running again. Trust me, you'll feel the difference.

[Ozzi]

Placing both hands, helps you straighten your body on the direction desired as well as to preserve the most amount of momentum or even creating some.

[Andy Keller]

I think what you're describing is a speed vault. If my understanding is correct, then the lazy vault is simply a speed vault with the extra push at the end by the opposite hand.

Not quite . For a lazy, you jump off of the "outside" foot, while for a speed, you use the "inside" foot.

I believe you meant to compare speeds and thieves.

[Scared Doggy]

Guys, he said lazy vault, so he means lazy vault, and yes it can help to push off with the other hand while lazy vaulting. It's not always necessary, but there are definitely times when it is useful.

[Peter [Warhawk] P.]

Everyone's technique is different - each has found their own way to train comfortably and safely. Its like how when I do dashes, I dont usually put my hands down to push off unless I know I need to. I keep an arm down in case its needed, but I usually dont use it unless I'm going over a longer object.

Everyone is different.