Sunday, 4 February 2024

Vaulting Conference Thoughts, January 23 to 29, 2024

 Petra Kirchner talked about physics in vaulting.  People want a big horse.  18 hands.  It is ridiculous.  The torque on the horse when mounting.  The distance from the ground to the horse's back is.  Kai Vorberg talked about the distance from the ground.  It has to be significant.  What about using a stout, short horse?  In the videos, Kai talked about the horse being disturbed in his movement by the vaulter/s being to one side.  If the horse was shorter, then there would be less effect.


Presenters at the conference:  Kai Vorberg, German National Vaulting Team Coach, Dr Lise Berg, veterinarian, associate professor at University, Jaques Ferrair, vaulter