Topic: Practicality of Reverse Vaults

[Memitchi]

Are reverse vaults practical? What kind of time should I put into training this movement?
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[John George 'JG']

Of course they are!

Not so much alone as an individual movement (unless you want to look behind you), but you may find yourself in a spot where you can do two or three techniques one after the other. A reverse vault may be the perfect second or third move to keep the flow.

[Ryan A. Vetter]

Reverse vaults are like kong vaults, the extend the vault into a longer vault. The kong vault is a length extension of the monkey vault, the reverse vault is an extension of the lazy vault. The ability to shift your body weight further over an object at about stomache level or even knee high is just mere proof that the reverse vault can be applied here.

[Ryan Sannar]

Well said Ryan

[Maurizio Faleo]

Reverse vaults are like kong vaults, the extend the vault into a longer vault. The kong vault is a length extension of the monkey vault, the reverse vault is an extension of the lazy vault. The ability to shift your body weight further over an object at about stomache level or even knee high is just mere proof that the reverse vault can be applied here.

I don't understand why the reverse vault is an extensione of the lazy vault...they seem totally differents 

[Tom Heyl]

Maybe I'm doing a modified reverse vault or something, but I usually get my highest vaults off of reverse vaults.  (Not including any vaults where you place your foot on the object, like a pop vault.)

[Ryan A. Vetter]

They both require both hands, however the grip and placement of your hands enables you to shift your mass over a wider object. With a lazy vault both your hands usually go down in the same second, where with the reverse vault there is an obvious delay, with one hand opposite and over the other. The rolling motion enables your momentum to be transfered into the jump, and almost always when landing the second hand always swings forward with a punching motion to redirect the momentum.

[Ryan Courtney]

Eh, even if you find it to not be practical, learn it for the sake of learning it. I, personally, haven't found any vaulting situation in which a simple kong vault wouldn't suffice. I still try to learn and train all of the vaults I can.

[TheBigLOL]

Reverse vaults can take the place of a lazy vault when approaching an obstacle from at an angle or to the side.  For example I like swinging my left leg in a lazy, and do a reverse vault swinging my legs over the right side of the rail.  So in conclusion I will lazy when approaching from the left of something, kong when going straight forward, and reverse when coming from the right since I don't like lazys on that side.  The only reason a reverse vault is practical for me is because I like to reverse and lazy vault on different sides.