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  1. B

    Front tuck on beam?

    Can you do this at level 9?
  2. K

    Front Salto

    Hi. I'm looking for some new drills to help get the girls to punch up and rotate their hips around their shoulders in the front salto rarther than dropping their shoulders so that the front salto rotates downwards. We don't have a pit, or a tramp or a spotting belt. We have access to a mini...
  3. G

    Beam- front tucks

    Hi, I was wondering, I started doing front tucks on the real beam with mats piled under it yesterday. I did 7 and landed all of them. But I was always a little under rotated and close to falling on my but. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong, and neither could my coach. JUst so you...
  4. M

    front tuck video

    Okay, here for anyone... What's wrong and how to improve ??? I tried several drills, I start to think it's her lack of power... Any suggestions ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0axGl8HFxQ
  5. Coach.Simon

    How to fix not setting for a punch front tuck? Drills?

    Hello! I'll make this as concise as possible. A new girl just joined one of my T&T classes, and everything is pretty solid aside from her punch front tuck. She will not set, and as she punches she starts dropping her chest/looks down...also throws her arms down, basically she tries to...
  6. M

    front tuck punch

    Okay, all my girls have GREAT front tucks except one !. She can't get any hights. She has a quick tuck otherwise she would not make it. She finishes in a deep squad. I tried to tell her low fast punch, but it seems she can't get ANY hight !!Is it a muscle problem ? She can perform a nice...
  7. NewtoGym

    Front Tuck/ front flip

    Is a front tuck the same as a front flip? Same for back flip/back tuck...
  8. sally

    height in front tuck on floor

    Hi just wondering if there is anything my dd can do to get more height on her front tuck on floor. She does it well on tumble trak and vault but floor she sticks it but only just needs more height.
  9. GetaGrip

    Front tuck stepouts

    After falling repeatedly on my fhs front layout front tuck, my coach decided to change my flip connection to front tuck step out ro bhs back tuck. This was supposed to be an easy change/transition, however... this has been very difficult for me! :confused: I keep putting my head down into...
  10. N

    i have my front tuck now what?

    i have my front tuck and i want to do more flips what should i add on to my front tuck to make it more advanced>?
  11. dkgymnast

    HELP !!! front handspring front tuck

    okay so i have to do front handspring front tuck and i just cant bring myself to do it,, when im notgoing for the front tuck i set really high but as soon as i decide to do it i dont set and dont throw the front tuck. I can do them on tumble trak no problem at all. I think i feel like i nedd to...
  12. dkgymnast

    HELP!!! Front handspring front tuck

    okay so i have to do front handspring front tuck and i just cant bring myself to do it,, when im notgoing for the front tuck i set really high but as soon as i decide to do it i dont set and dont throw the front tuck. I can do them on tumble trak no problem at all. I think i feel like i nedd to...
  13. F

    front tuck

    trying to get front tuck off beam. wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  14. G

    Swan dive or front tuck?

    Hi! I was wondering what you think would look better in a floor routine, a swan dive cartwheel, or a front tuck dive roll? Both are pretty clean.I am a prep op intermediate ( close to level 5/6) and need a connected front acro series. Thanks!:)
  15. blackbeltgymnast

    Which one? (front tuck pass)

    I'm doing USAIGC silver and I have my front tuck (I squat instead of stand, but i have time to fix it), and I have my Front Hand Spring (ditto to the FT). And my options for my routine is: Front tuck step out FHS, or FHS front tuck. Which one is easier? My front tuck (by itself) is better...
  16. livelifetumble8dx

    Front Tuck and Ariel Cartwheel!?

    Hi! I have started to practice a front tuck and Ariel Cartwheel for floor. My coach said for the ariel, im either just doing a cartwheel off the elevated mat, or propelling myself into a 'side semi' ( i dont have a clue what that is.) My coach said for the front tuck i dont have proper...
  17. L

    Coaches Spotting front tucks

    I really hate spotting these, and have decided I need to learn a better way. I have some gymnasts who can do them standing, after a front handspring, and after a robhbt on the tumble track. I hesitate to take it to floor because of my personal dislike of spotting them, I always feel like a...
  18. W

    Coaches Verbal Prompts to help Initiate rotation in a Front Salto

    I filled in for another coach recently and one of the gymnasts was working on front saltos but was iniating rotation by pulling her arms & head down. I talked to her about rotating her hips over her head rather than bringing her head under her hips. I talked about leg/heel lift etc. Either...
    • Wally
    • Thread
    • front tuck salto
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    • Forum: Coach Forum
  19. S

    Front Tuck Help?

    At my last gym, I was on the tumble track doing front tucks onto the mat and I kept landing too close to the edge of the mat. My coach said I was gonna fall backwards onto the track if I couldn't make my tuck higher and longer. I tried many many times and I still couldn't get it. How do I fix...
    • Supergirl91
    • Thread
    • front tuck tuck
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Question & Answer
  20. AlexsGymmyMom

    Parents Front Tuck

    Alex did her first front tuck on Saturday! She was actually working on her front handspring and kind of went to high. She was sooo excited that she did about 6 or 7 more. They were pretty ugly but she did it! This was at open gym! She is so excited to go to practice this week to show her...

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