The main purpose of this study was to compare the impact of three different touchdown locations on takeoff and post flight performance in front handspring vaults. Kinematic data were collected by using a JVC-9800 digital video camera (at 60 Hz) in tandem with an Ariel Performance Analysis System. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and LSD post-hoc tests were applied to evaluate the significant differences. The significance level was set at α = .05. The obtained results from this study showed that handspring performance with front and middle touchdown locations were significantly better than that achieved with rear touchdown location, in light of superior vertical velocity of vault takeoff, post-flight time, maximum vertical height reached by the center of mass postflight, and maximum vertical displacement of the center of mass subsequent to takeoff. These results suggest that artistic gymnasts should select the front and middle touchdown locations for training in order to develop the optimum techniques for high difficulty front handspring movements. The findings of this study may aid gymnasts in selecting optimal touchdown locations for vaulting exercises.