Interested in being a vaulting coach?

There are a growing number of people and children interested in the equestrian sport of Vaulting here, in Alberta, and a number of summer camps already offer Vaulting as part of their program.
Coaching vaulting offers a variety of challenges to the interested adult.  Many different considerations go into vaulting apart from the necessary knowledge of equestrian matters.  The gymnastic and acrobatic components challenge the Coach’s ability to choreograph the beauty and flow of activity, as well as the children’s ability to bring it all together. The children learn accuracy, elegance, a sense of perfection, exactitude in timing, the feel for music, and consideration for the performance of others. The sport highlights strength, expressed in many of the typically male exercises, and graceful, flexible and fluid motion, expressed in the typically female exercises, therefore offering varied attractions for both male and female vaulters.  There are also opportunities to perform with a partner, as in the pas-de-deux freestyle, as well as a team effort, which enables four to eight vaulters to perform in a musical program that lasts six minutes.  The freestyle part of the competition is always performed to music, chosen by the vaulter, and is called the Kuer.

                        One great attraction of vaulting lies in the excitement of the vaulting show. Learning to show without showing off is an important part of the training, but, apart from the attraction of competition, vaulting addresses and promotes the best qualities in the parents and children who participate. To train the vaulters, not only for perfect appearance as a team, but also to train perfect manners into the team is part of the Coach’s job. 

In Canada, there are a growing number of active vaulting teams. Competitions are held nationally and internationally, for example: the World Equestrian Games (WEG), held last year in Spain, and the World Championships held in Germany the year before.  Canada is starting to grow in the field of Equestrian Vaulting and there are a number of Vaulters, male and female, who represent our country in the International arena! The majority of them come from British Columbia, but the sport is growing in Alberta and there are already a few vaulters prepared to participate in active competition, both provincially and nationally.  At Present, three clubs are up and running.

                        If you wish to contact a Club, don't hesitate to write an email:

In order to promote the sport of Equestrian Vaulting in Alberta even further, a Provincial Association the AEVA ( Alberta Equestrian Vaulting Association) is up and running.

It is a fantastic Sport and one that is growing in popularity all the time. Next year there will be a Provincial Competition in Red Deer - the AEF (Alberta Equestrian Federation) are organizing the Alberta Equestrian Games and Vaulting will be a part of it.
 

So if you are interested, in starting a club or would like to take a Coaching Course offered by the EVA of B.C., you are welcome to call Marita @ 271-5799 or at the barn @ 938-2902.

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If you need further information, browse through the 'Resource Center' of the Vault Canada link.  

                                     HAVE FUN!