Parkour Exercise – Lazy Vault

Parkour Exercise - Learn the "Lazy Vault"

Lazy Vault means "lazy vault", which means that it is a relatively simple and not particularly demanding movement. Lazy vault is a movement that most people learn quickly. Lazy provides a long contact time with the obstacle and thus a good opportunity to adjust and maintain balance throughout the movement.

Setup

A lazy vault requires a solid and non-slip surface that places the practitioner between hip and chest height.

Execution of Lazy Vault
  • Lazy vault is performed diagonally over the obstacle. Start by deciding which side you want to swing your legs over the obstacle.
  • Run at a leisurely pace towards the obstacle at a 45º approach angle.
  • Set of approx. half a meter from the wall. The leg that you have innermost against the obstacle is the leg that must be swung up over it. At the same time as you swing the inner leg strongly up over the obstacle, you place your arm against the obstacle and set off with the leg furthest from it.
  • The starting leg follows the body up over the obstacle, while the body weight is carried by the hand placed on the obstacle.
  • When the body is positioned over the obstacle, the swing leg is pulled down behind the obstacle on the other side, almost parallel to the obstacle, while the body weight is tipped forward and the other hand is placed in the obstacle. At the same time, the first hand is released.
  • In the landing, the legs must be separated. The last inserted hand pushes away from the obstacle and ensures that we can continue our flow forward. 
Rehearsals

If you are unsure whether you can hold your own body weight in your arms during the performance, lazy vault should be practiced on a soft obstacle. It's a good start to swing your legs up over the plinth so you just end up sitting on it. Through repetition, a good feeling is quickly achieved with the movement. When you are confident about the movement, a little more speed will help create energy to get over the obstacle.

Laxy Vault - Parkour with Team JIYO
The parkour exercise 'Lazy Vault' means directly translated 'lazy' jumping action. This suggests that you don't need to expend a lot of energy when performing the parkour exercise 'Lazy Vault'.
Problem statement
  • Lazy vault can give some beginners a bit of trouble in the transition phase, where the body weight has to be shifted. Here it is important that you dare to lean back. It is the movement of the body weight itself that gives the movement flow.
Variation options


Lazy2Turn vault:
The traditional lazy vault, where you perform the move from a 45º angle, but in the hover phase turn around in the air and land in a catleap landing (actually like a turnvault in the turn after the lazy vault start).

Perpendicular Lazy Vault:
Performed where you start perpendicular to the obstacle and do the same scissor parks movement and hand rhythm. The difference lies in the fact that you wait longer to put the first hand in, which gives a longer and better hovering moment.

Lazy2Split:

Performed by splitting the legs at the end of the performance instead of keeping the legs together. However, this is more "fancy" than it is effective.

See video about the Parkour exercise Lazy Vault below