Section 13 · Vault
Vault: Landing Area, Lines and Stick
The marked landing zone, what the line judge reports, and the stick bonus for vaults with saltos.
Unofficial summary. The FIG Code of Points and its newsletters are the authority; every rule links to its page there.
Line and time judges · secretaries
The Landing Area
- Both feet land within an area marked left and right of the extended centre line of the table.
- The Code's drawing shows the area widening away from the table: the table is marked 0.95, the far end of the area 1.50.
- The lines are clearly marked on the landing mat. The mat is fastened so it cannot move.
- In
- Stepping on a line.
- Out
- Stepping over it.
- Line judge
- Sits at the far end of the landing area. Raises a red flag for a violation and informs D1.
Code 13.2.1, p. 81 · Code 13.2.1, p. 82 · Code 5.5, p. 13 · Code 5.6, p. 13
D1 · from the Final Score
Line Violations
- Landing or touching with one foot or one hand outside the landing area−0.1
- Touching outside with feet, hands, a foot and a hand, or any other part of the body−0.3
- Landing directly outside the landing area−0.3
- Landing with one foot out and the feet apart, then both feet out after closing them−0.3
- Travelling past the end of the landing matNone
Taken from the Final Score. Steps or hops outside the zone's strips, before he moves off the end of the mat, are deducted as normal.
A stick bonus can be awarded together with a line deduction.
Newsletter 4, p. 2 · in force from 1 September 2026
Gives the deduction for a landing that ends with both feet out after closing them. Also allows a stick bonus together with a line deduction.
D-Jury · into the D-score
Stick Bonus
For any vault with a salto. Section 13 names no minimum value.
- Stuck — no step and no hop, and the heels and toes do not rise to keep the balance+0.1
- Heels or toes rise to keep the balanceNo bonus
- A vault without a saltoNo bonus
These do not cancel it:
- other deductions, such as legs apart, arm swings or lack of preparation — the E-Jury deducts those as usual
- a line deduction
Newsletter 3, p. 2 · in force from 1 January 2026
Lifting the toes to keep the balance now cancels the bonus too, not only lifting the heels.
What applied before
The Code named only the heels.
Newsletter 4, p. 2 · in force from 1 September 2026
On floor and vault, the stick bonus can be given even when there is a line deduction.
Code 7.2.9, p. 15 · Code 5.4.1, p. 12 · NL3, p. 2 · NL4, p. 2