- Oct 5, 2010
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Hello, once again!
I'm in need of assistance...a little background...
I've recently taken over the bulk of the intro to intermediate rec tumbling classes at my gym (I mainly teach Artistic 4-6 though)
Some of the girls in my classes are progressing quickly, and I believe they are ready for twisting!
I can teach up to a half, however all of the girls are landing their halves on floor perfectly (out of ro-bhs) and I am unsure of the best way to go about teaching them fulls.
This might be lengthy, sorry in advanced, but I want the best possible advice...
First. I hear alot of this "Layout and immediately afterwards do a half/full turn". I used the search function and read up on this drill, however never got any "reason" why, other than teaching them to turn late. I know that for halves, you are supposed to teach your kids to pull and initiate the twist very very late, as late as possible, as halves don't require much force.
Is that the only reason for doing layout rebound half turn?
Next question. To teach my kids twisting, I have them do the drill where they do a set/stretch jump, and after leaving the trampoline bed pulling to one side, looking and dropping one shoulder down (not back) to start a full turn from mid-air. I was taught this drill from another coach at the gym, but was wondering what drills you guys use?
Next. On the set, setting with the arm of the same side your turning to, setting with that arm out at a fourty five degree angle instead of by your ears. Is this advised? Is it helpful? I read about this when I used the search function, however no one confirmed or denied if this was good. Apparently it initiates the twist sooner without sacrificing the set, which I can see...just wanted your thoughts.
And lastly, the pull. I teach both arms set then both hands come to the shoulder your twisting to...however I recently have gotten an influx of cheerleaders who all have ro-bhs-back layout. While talking to the flyers of the group, they all told me they pull with straight arms down to their hip, which I understand is how flyers twist when stunting.
Is that a viable way of teaching twisting? I have never seen a gymnast twist by pulling their arms straight down to one hip, like cheerleaders do. What should I do? The girls were able to do the set-and-full-turn-while-in-mid-air-not-twisting-from-the-ground drill when they did their pull to their hips, however I dont want anything unexpected happening.....
Sorry for this giant block of text.
TL;DR/Summary
-How do you guys go about teaching twisting to kids who have perfect/close to perfect layouts that set up, have no funny shapes, dont have a pike down, and don't travel backwards at all?
-What drills do you use? What do you tell your students? Any "magic words"?
Thank you in advanced
I'm in need of assistance...a little background...
I've recently taken over the bulk of the intro to intermediate rec tumbling classes at my gym (I mainly teach Artistic 4-6 though)
Some of the girls in my classes are progressing quickly, and I believe they are ready for twisting!
I can teach up to a half, however all of the girls are landing their halves on floor perfectly (out of ro-bhs) and I am unsure of the best way to go about teaching them fulls.
This might be lengthy, sorry in advanced, but I want the best possible advice...
First. I hear alot of this "Layout and immediately afterwards do a half/full turn". I used the search function and read up on this drill, however never got any "reason" why, other than teaching them to turn late. I know that for halves, you are supposed to teach your kids to pull and initiate the twist very very late, as late as possible, as halves don't require much force.
Is that the only reason for doing layout rebound half turn?
Next question. To teach my kids twisting, I have them do the drill where they do a set/stretch jump, and after leaving the trampoline bed pulling to one side, looking and dropping one shoulder down (not back) to start a full turn from mid-air. I was taught this drill from another coach at the gym, but was wondering what drills you guys use?
Next. On the set, setting with the arm of the same side your turning to, setting with that arm out at a fourty five degree angle instead of by your ears. Is this advised? Is it helpful? I read about this when I used the search function, however no one confirmed or denied if this was good. Apparently it initiates the twist sooner without sacrificing the set, which I can see...just wanted your thoughts.
And lastly, the pull. I teach both arms set then both hands come to the shoulder your twisting to...however I recently have gotten an influx of cheerleaders who all have ro-bhs-back layout. While talking to the flyers of the group, they all told me they pull with straight arms down to their hip, which I understand is how flyers twist when stunting.
Is that a viable way of teaching twisting? I have never seen a gymnast twist by pulling their arms straight down to one hip, like cheerleaders do. What should I do? The girls were able to do the set-and-full-turn-while-in-mid-air-not-twisting-from-the-ground drill when they did their pull to their hips, however I dont want anything unexpected happening.....
Sorry for this giant block of text.
TL;DR/Summary
-How do you guys go about teaching twisting to kids who have perfect/close to perfect layouts that set up, have no funny shapes, dont have a pike down, and don't travel backwards at all?
-What drills do you use? What do you tell your students? Any "magic words"?
Thank you in advanced