Paint A Melody
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- Jul 8, 2014
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Is there any way to determine which way you twist without doing twisting flips? I would use which way my jump go bit they're all different. Some I twist right and some I twist left.
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Do a back layout on tramp or into a pit and right before landing, twist, without thinking about it and see which way you naturally want to go. Personally, I'm a rightie but always twist left. I think it's cause I want to pull my dominate arm across my body to twist, so I pull to the left so my right arm crosses my body. Depends also on the technique you use to twist.
Is there any way to determine which way you twist without doing twisting flips? I would use which way my jump go bit they're all different. Some I twist right and some I twist left.
a left foot forward hurdle to left hand down first round off IS a right handed dominant
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example: a left round off for a beam dismount finds the right foot forward and left foot back for the punch.
In general the first "twisting skill" a gymnast does is a round off. A right round off IS a left twist and a left round off IS a right twist.
If a gymnast does a right round off they are actually twisting towards their left shoulder when they are upside down.
I have found this to be the single most accurate way to determine twisting direction.
Our coach just had us layout and do a last minute half to see what felt natural (back in the late 80's). The girls i coach are not at twisting level so I have no need to do this with them.
For reference; I am a right handed person who is a 'leftie' in gym. I kick over a cartwheel with my right leg and my left goes over first in a backwalkover. My left knee comes up in a hurdle. I always was called a leftie at the gym, anyway. I twist clockwise (pull to right shoulder). I wrap my left arm to the right when front twisting.
If that is standard or abnormal I have no idea.
One test I know the coaches used for DD was to have her work on 1/1 straight jumps on and off the trampoline to see which way felt more natural.