- Jan 21, 2007
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I've seen this skill taught in several different ways, and I wanted to see if we could get a discussion going about the merits of the various techniques.
Some coaches coach a hollow front layout. I'm not entirely sure why.
I coach a heel-drive front layout; I coach it not as the forwards equivalent of a back layout, but of a whipback. The reason is that, while back tumbling is better for having one super-difficult skill at the end of a pass, front tumbling is better for connecting a series of lower-level skills -- which often adds up to higher value. An ideal front layout can function the same as a bounder within a tumbling pass.
That's my theory. Thoughts?
Some coaches coach a hollow front layout. I'm not entirely sure why.
I coach a heel-drive front layout; I coach it not as the forwards equivalent of a back layout, but of a whipback. The reason is that, while back tumbling is better for having one super-difficult skill at the end of a pass, front tumbling is better for connecting a series of lower-level skills -- which often adds up to higher value. An ideal front layout can function the same as a bounder within a tumbling pass.
That's my theory. Thoughts?
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