I have a gymnast who can't seem to make the change from overlow to giant. Every time we work giants, she closes the shoulder angle at the last second (even spotted). I cant posted a video, but she gets almost to handstand and then closes her shoulders. She casts to handstand fine. Her fall from the handstand is slightly arched, but not bad (and we are working to hollow out). She's also short, so no low bar issues. She can do strap giants, but we don't have access to straps too often.
We do extension drills and bounce/tramp bar drills. Any other drills/ideas/different ways to think about it that could help her to to open up her shoulders???
She has everything else needed to go Level 7 and it would be a shame for this to hold her back, but we are almost out of time.
Any help and ideas is very much appreciated!
We do extension drills and bounce/tramp bar drills. Any other drills/ideas/different ways to think about it that could help her to to open up her shoulders???
She has everything else needed to go Level 7 and it would be a shame for this to hold her back, but we are almost out of time.
Any help and ideas is very much appreciated!