Almost every vaulter has some ritual before starting a competition. Whether it’s to deal with nervousness, to concentrate or to get a last motivation kick – for many vaulters it’s important to get into the right mood and succeed.

We noticed different vaulting team rituals at competitions last year. So we asked some teams about what they do before running in and where this ritual comes from.

Operandi is a song launched by Ippah, Anthony Bro-Petit and Henry Benoit. The video features the Swedish Team Svea and it’s about chasing your dreams even though they are frightening. We have talked to Ella Filippa Velander about this international vaulting song project!

Vaulting is an impressive discipline that we often associate with top level athletes performing in the biggest championships around the world. Nevertheless, para vaulting is also a wonderful activity to help people. You will understand here why and how, thanks to Lizzie, a para vaulter & coach from the United Kingdom.

In this second article of the serie, Lizzie will help you step by step to open your vaulting club to para vaulters, in case you want to take the challenge! Anyway, her advice are also valid for any type of vaulters. Any coach willing to improve his skills can read the serie.

Some time ago we got to know an interesting startup called Equitooonz. At Equitooonz you can order your personalized and hand-drawn horse box sign. We would like to present you the idea behind Equitooonz.

Vaulting is an impressive discipline that we often associate with top level athletes performing in the biggest championships around the world. Nevertheless, para vaulting is also a wonderful activity to help people. You will understand here why and how, thanks to Lizzie, a para vaulter & coach from the United Kingdom:

Most of you might know the German vaulting magazine “Aktueller Voltigierzirkel”, but there is more to know about this kind of different vaulting club. The so called “community of interests and support” does not only bring out a vaulting magazine 4 times a year, but also supports the vaulting discipline in many other ways. In this article we’ll explain you, which benefits you have, if you are a member of Voltigierzirkel e.V.!

Have you ever joined a vaulting summer camp? If the answer is no, it’s time to change this! We have talked to Gero Meyer from GMSports who has been organizing summer camps in Sweden for some years now. Find out what makes this vaulting camp special in this article!

You are so passionate about vaulting that you are thinking about moving abroad to pursue your vaulting dream? We can all imagine how scary and challenging it can be to take this kind of vaulting adventure. Some vaulters already took the plunge to move abroad for their sport, such as Juan Martin Clavijo (COL) and Lambert Leclezio recently and we wanted to share one of these stories with you.

written by Felix Bender (Voltigierzirkel e.V.)

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With what costs do vaulters have to deal with? How much do the clubs or vaulting departments have to spend each month on their horses? How much do the coaches receive for their work? To present an overview, we asked you exactly these questions on Facebook – with the support of Vaulting World.

Today, we would like to tell you the beautiful story of a French equestrian show, created by an ex-vaulting athlete, Alexandra and her husband Arnaud Macé, horse whisperer.

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