- Dec 22, 2013
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The last time I coached, we were still using the horse.
I've got some kids training Level 4 now and I would like some help with introducing the handspring vault. They have the run and the hurdle (mostly) down well. I'm having trouble getting them to block off the table. They are jumping to handstand and then falling. We have a vault table set up at the end of the tumble track, and so some of them are running, hurdling, and vaulting off that. I'm noticing some of the same problems (not all the way in handstand, head out, etc.) that I see on the regular table. They're not having those issues on the Level 3 flatback, so they know HOW to do it, it's just the transfer isn't going well.
I did have some kids compete XCEL Silver (handspring, flatback from the table), and even then it just wasn't as good as it was on the Level 3 mats. I'd like some drills and advice, please! Thanks!
I've got some kids training Level 4 now and I would like some help with introducing the handspring vault. They have the run and the hurdle (mostly) down well. I'm having trouble getting them to block off the table. They are jumping to handstand and then falling. We have a vault table set up at the end of the tumble track, and so some of them are running, hurdling, and vaulting off that. I'm noticing some of the same problems (not all the way in handstand, head out, etc.) that I see on the regular table. They're not having those issues on the Level 3 flatback, so they know HOW to do it, it's just the transfer isn't going well.
I did have some kids compete XCEL Silver (handspring, flatback from the table), and even then it just wasn't as good as it was on the Level 3 mats. I'd like some drills and advice, please! Thanks!