- Jan 21, 2007
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Anybody have any tips for teaching controlled handstand pirouettes on floor?
A bit of background: the guy I'm having trouble with is relatively new to gymnastics (and a late starter at 13 years old), but an extraordinarily talented tumbler. He'll be competing level 6 as a floor specialist this year, and he has all the tumbling but cannot make the handstand 1/1 pirouette.
I've never really had to "work" with kids on this skill before -- I incorporate a lot of handstands and pirouettes into their warm-ups, so by the time they get to level 6 they can do a clean handstand 1/1 pirouette easily simply because they've been doing pirouettes for so long. Since this guy has been in the sport for such a short time, he hasn't had as much time to master the skill, but it's one I've never actually had to spend time on beyond what we do during warm-ups.
Thoughts?
A bit of background: the guy I'm having trouble with is relatively new to gymnastics (and a late starter at 13 years old), but an extraordinarily talented tumbler. He'll be competing level 6 as a floor specialist this year, and he has all the tumbling but cannot make the handstand 1/1 pirouette.
I've never really had to "work" with kids on this skill before -- I incorporate a lot of handstands and pirouettes into their warm-ups, so by the time they get to level 6 they can do a clean handstand 1/1 pirouette easily simply because they've been doing pirouettes for so long. Since this guy has been in the sport for such a short time, he hasn't had as much time to master the skill, but it's one I've never actually had to spend time on beyond what we do during warm-ups.
Thoughts?