Lately I've been teaching "off-sites." Our gym sends coaches to community centers around the area to teach classes and we generally bring our own equipment. My classes are parent-tot, preschool, kindergarten, and youth. I really want the little ones to learn their tuck, pike, straddle, lunge...
This is rec level two, so unfortunately not a lot of time available for conditioning.. These kids can get their hips onto the bar, but their pullovers stop there! they get stuck and will just hang there until someone helps them up! ive never had kids have so much trouble with this! how can i...
hey! you all have been a big help! Im getting a lot closer! what really helped was sticking my head out and looking 1 or 2 feet out on the floor from my hands. must help with the weight shift or something..
I got to do gymnastics as a little kid for a few years. I loved it. I feel like it's in my blood. I had to quit when my parents separated. I missed it for years and years and finally got to join a HS team last year. I am now 17 and going into 12th grade in the fall. My learning curve is high and...
These are so hard!!
my wrists feel like they are going to break when i try to lean forward enough to get my feet off the ground! :(
I really think I have enough strength to get up, but i can't get my hips over my hands/head.
really, anything, any tips you know would be great. how did you (or...
I'll find a way to make it safe. I'm in 11th grade, and this next highschool season will probably be my last time I ever get to do it. I just want to get as far as I can. Somebody in there probably knows how to spot, if I just figure out what I need to be working on. Right now tho, before I try...
So I'm fairly new to this, but I would like to know the progression of skills a gymnast learns on bars.. Starting out im thinking pullover, backhip circle, squat on, long hang pullover, shoot through, front hip circle, low bar glide kip, high bar kip or flyaway, ... and then it gets fuzzy. would...