www.americanvaulting.org 1 2 EquEstrianVaultinG | Fall 2010 EquEstrian VaultinG 6 12 Columns 5 From the President Sheri Benjamin 22 Through the Eyes of the Judges Compulsory Exercises: Hot Tips for Higher Scores Suzanne Detol 26 Just for Vaulters Jumping and Landing! Megan Benjamin and Stacey Burnett 28 Coaching Corner The Secret to Spectacular Flight Nancy Stevens-Brown 30 Events Calendar Features 6 The 2010 World Equestrian Games: Your Vaulting Team USA 12 AVA/USEF National Championships Scores 16 AVA/USEF 2010 National Team Vaulting Champions 18 AVA/USEF 2010 National Individual Vaulting Champions 20 Mind Games Alicen Divita 24 Classical Riding Center Adds Vaulting Program AVA/USEF 2010 A Team National ver: Vaulting Champions Free Artists Creative O Equestrians (FACE). Shown: Rosalind ur c (Rosey) Ross and Devon Maitozo with O Palentine, owned by Devon Maitozo. On Photo courtesy of Lynne Owen Photography www.americanvaulting.org 3 EquEstrian EquEstrian VaultinG VaultinG Equestrian Vaulting magazine is the official publication of the American Vaulting Association. American Vaulting Association Directory Comments/suggestions/questions are welcome to [email protected]. 2010 AVA VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS For information on advertising rates, how to submit editorial content and more, go to www.americanvaulting.org/contactus/. ExEcutive BoArD Members President: sheri Benjamin, 408-872-1562, [email protected] For address changes: www.americanvaulting.org/members memberservices/ and click Executive VP: Kelley Holly, 707-665-9281, [email protected] on “Membership Updates” to make the change. 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Comm. Chair: linda Bibbler, 650-851-7751, [email protected] USEF Vaulting Technical Committee Co-Chairs: Craig Coburn, 323-654-0800, [email protected]; suzanne Detol, 503-357-9651, [email protected] www.grettawear.com USEF Youth Council Member: annalise VanVranken, 609-002-6277, [email protected] Vault into Fall with Volume 1, Issue 3 GrettaWear! Equestrian Vaulting Designed by: red Hen Design, 517-548-9623, [email protected] 4 EquEstrianVaultinG | Fall 2010 From the President AVA communicAtion 101 his year, as our dedicated volunteers have worked hard to make sure “A place for everything. you’re “in the know,” some important pieces have fallen through the cracks, Tincluding a “cheat sheet” that details all of our various communication And everything in its place.” channels (smoke signals? a couple of tin cans and some string?). Which communication channel do we use for what purpose? Read on, and check out the --Benjamin Franklin chart in the “publications” section of the members only website for further details. AVA Blast: In early 2007 we created the AVA Blast, a twice a month email newsletter, to keep members up to date on the latest AVA happenings—in between issues of the magazine. The Blast serves a variety of functions: announcements and news that cannot wait for the next magazine issue (think deadline-oriented news such as a last call for Nationals entries, or breaking news such as a list of our recently elected board members or national champions); information on the latest AVA website additions (for example, our annual National Championships microsite, or the latest PDF issue of the magazine, way before it hits your mailbox) and lots of fun photos (whenever people contribute them). AVA Websites: Both the public and the members-only website have become important communication tools, and even more so, the one place where we can permanently deposit and store important information to make sure it doesn't get lost and forgotten in a box in someone’s garage. While the public website is meant to be very simple, and a place for the non-vaulting expert to go to learn a little more about vaulting (and how to start a vaulting program!), the AVA members-only website is a beast of its own, with a (now) working search function, an attached (and very complex) database, and increasing pages of content. In a perfect world, the members-only website is THE place to check for historical and current information (everything from results from all AVA recognized competitions from 2002 to our most recent Nationals Championships and AVA volunteer award winners, to members’ email addresses/ phone numbers, recent issues of the magazine, and even a historical database of who has been awarded which AVA medals and when!) In addition, some of our Regions' websites are now attached to our national website (look under Find a Club), for “one-stop shopping”! If you haven’t trolled around the members-only website recently, you’re missing out. AVA Magazine: With the release of version 3.0 of our non-profit’s longest-running communication tool this year, the new Equestrian Vaulting magazine became a quarterly publication with less “breaking news” (that’s the purview of the AVA Blast), fewer lists (competition results can now be found, mere days after an AVA competition, on the “results” page of the members-only website), and more feature articles that cover the entire scope of vaulting. Our goal is to cover USA vaulting in its entirety: beginning level to elite; recreational vaulting and competitive vaulting; vaulting for girls and boys, women and men; vaulting in every single region. AVA Forums: As part of the members-only website, we are also busy testing our members-only