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  1. JBS

    Coaches Aerial aerial beam series

    Does kicking / raising the leg above horizontal going into the second aerial break the connection?
  2. PalmTree

    Coaches Front Aerial Drills

    Any good ideas/drills for getting this skill on floor?
  3. D

    Hep with aerial

    Any tips on a aerial? I can't get mine! :mad:
  4. K

    Aerial help

    Okay so I've stuck about ten aerials and they are extremely new to me, so everyone wAs impressed On how quickly I got it. But now, I keep almost land the Landing on one knee with the other straight out behind me. I also sometimes have to put my hands out. What's the problem there? Am I not high...
  5. M

    WAG Value of aerial skills on beam

    DD is working on up training several aerial skills on beam. Could someone give me quick value of these skills. I know layout stepout is a C and so is a back tuck. What is a side somi, side aerial, front aerial, swing front, back pike, and front tuck worth.
  6. A

    how do YOU put your arms when you do an aerial?

    i've seen different people use different arm variations when they do their aerial. which way do you prefer and why?
  7. G

    WAG Going around the world is side aerial?

    I've got a older kid who is relearning a side aerial, after being out of gym for years. Her body is perfect on the aerial, but her legs are going around the world (pointing inwards instead of up). I've put her in a corridor of porta-pits on their side, but she just hits it and either knocks it...
  8. B

    WAG aerial

    When ever I try to do an aerial(on floor), I always put one or both hands down.Any tips on NOT putting my hands down during my aerial, would be greatly appreciated!Thanks
  9. gymgurl

    WAG aerial cartwheel

    Okay, I have been able to do an aerial cartwheel on the floor for over a year now but recently decided that I would like to be able to do it on the grass - i know you guys don't appreciate gym outside the gym but I know my limits and have already done several successfully on the grass. I am not...
  10. gymgal

    WAG difference between front aerial and layout dismounts?

    dd is likely doing a front aerial dismount on beam this season (L7). I asked her the difference between this and a layout but she couldn't explain - or I should say that I couldn't visualize what she was saying... Can anyone help me understand the difference? and is this a typical dismount for...
  11. froggythegymnast

    How to get more hight and ability to do a side somi and front aerial?

    When i do the front aerial i nearly got it but then it looks like a front handspring nothing like a aerial): any way on how to improve this to make it look like nastia's? Long, beautiful and effortless? My secound problem is the side somi i never get enough hight for it and then i fall on my...
  12. S

    How to get more momentum to do an aerial

    Hello, I was wondering, as I have been trying 2 learn an aerial recently, it seems that it is very hard to get the additional momentum needed once u move from a 1 handed cartwheel to pull in ur hands. I always fall a little short, just need a little extra to land on my kicking leg square...
  13. Geoffrey Taucer

    Drills for airborne body control, aerial awareness

    Alyssa Moore’s tight body drill, and variations thereof | Apex Technical Corner For the first time in far too long, I've updated my blog. This post details some drills I've found to be spectacularly useful in training young gymnasts. Any thoughts, critiques, discussion, etc would be much...
  14. L

    Aerial!!

    I've been working on my side aerial's alot lately and I keep getting soo close and then ruining it! I will get about 3/4 of the way over and then push my elbows down to touch the floor. I am tucking my arms in good as well but I just keep putting them down! I know i don't need to to make it over...
  15. GetaGrip

    Aerial/Flipping Skills Help

    Hey Chalkbucket! I'm moving up into level 8 soon, and I was thinking that it's pretty important that I'd know how to do aerial skills and other skills such as standing back tucks. Firstly, I can do front aerials on the trampoline. I have a flexible back, so I think that they will be easy...
  16. kalgymcoach

    Coaches Beam: Front Aerial to Rear support

    Just wondering if anyone has drills to teach the front aerial to rear support on the beam? Our Gymnast can land one on the floor. Any help would be appreciated.
  17. GymnasticsOBSESSED

    Aerial HELP!

    Ok i am trying to learn an aerial and my coach said i should learn it first on the trampoline. But I still cant :( I dunno why But every time i go to do one I keep putting down my hands. Could you please give me tips or suggestions, i can already do cartwheels and 1 handed cartwheels of...

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