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A rider should dress for vaulting by wearing stretchy clothing that is form fitting to avoid any safety hazards. Wear proper attire for vaulting with help from an award winning vaulter in this video on vaulting basics.
This is Priscilla Faulkner with Falconwood Vaulters. For practice, vaulters need to wear pants that are stretchy, soft shoes, they make particular vaulting shoes, but at the lower levels, vaulters can wear water shoes or soft tennis shoes. They also need shirts that are form fitting and that can be tucked in because often, the vaulters are upside down and it would be a safety hazard for their shirts to go over their heads. Vaulters also need to be wearing no jewelry while they're vaulting so that the jewelry wouldn't get caught on the horse equipment or in the horses mane and cause an injury to the vaulter. As a final factor for dressing, they need to have their hair pulled back so that it doesn't get in their eyes and cause a potential injury. It's Priscilla Faulkner with Falconwood Vault...
