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  1. Dahlialover

    Coaches Twisting direction and mushroom circle direction

    Is there a relationship between twist direction and the direction kids go around the mushroom? My kid recently started gymnastics and learned mushroom from copying other kids. He goes towards his right hand from front support. I think he is a left twister but I’m dyslexic and get confused...
  2. stxrdusty

    Coaches Xcel Platinum Vault: What is the "correct" twisting direction for a 1/4 on, 1/4 off and other related questions

    Hi fellow coaches, this is my first full year coaching Xcel and I have some questions about teaching twisting vaults for Xcel Platinum and Diamond. The other coaches at my gym don't have experience coaching these vaults either, so I've come here looking for some more information at the very...
  3. R

    WAG Round off vs twisting direction

    Hello All - I have read all the other threads on this topic - it has been discussed a lot but no consensus I think. Wanted to get some input from people who have faced this situation and how they resolved it ? DS has right round off and left twisting. He has done 2 years comp gymnastics and 2...
  4. FVSgymnast

    Twisting Direction - help please!

    Hi I'm UK based, and am currently starting to add twisting to my tumbling passes. I cartwheel and round off on my left (foot forward), but my natural twisting direction appears to be right (full twist jump on floor, swivel hips etc). According to other people on the internet a left round-off is...
  5. S

    WAG Confused about twisting direction

    I searched and read the threads about this, but I am still confused as a former gymnast who never made it to twisting! My dd is what I believe is a gymnastics lefty. She roundoffs lefty (left hand down first), left leg front split is easier than right leg front split, BWO and BHS SO have left...
  6. A

    WAG Mixed dominance twisting direction?

    So my youngest DD (9), finished her season as a Level 4 this year. I have posted in the past about her older sister, (the Level 8). So lil one is a lefty gymnast. Best split is left, cartwheels left, full turns left, and round offs left. I was sent a video of her doing a really nice full on the...
  7. All Chalked Up

    WAG Twisting direction

    I've got a feeling that I've been switching my twisting directions. How do I figure out which way I should be twisting? I'm in a panic about this, since I'm only able to do open training until August.
  8. Kiwi

    Coaches want DD to change twisting direction...

    I need specific knowledge about twisting, preferably from knowledgeable trampoline coaches! My older DD (who did rec gymnastics for a couple of years but wasn't very good) has been doing rec trampolining for about 5 years and joined a competitive squad this year. She loves it, since joining...
  9. B

    WAG Twisting direction

    I know this is a hotly debated topic and I'm a little confused. I've been teaching my level 4s on bars to lift the hand they cartwheel with on the dismount. Assuming a righty gymnast (determined by cartwheel), my reasoning was that if they pirouette by changing the right hand, if they were ever...
  10. stargazer

    WAG Bad habits and twisting direction?

    Hi everyone, I'm looking for some help with two things, and your collective wisdom and expertise would be greatly appreciated! I am trying to fix my bad habit of piking my hips in my front tucks, and looking for some clarification on twisting direction. Here is a video my friend made of me...
  11. gymgurl

    WAG Twisting direction

    I know there have been threads on this before but i didn't want to drag up old threads so i'm starting a new one. Okay so right now i am in the process of learning to twist and I have two coaches telling me different things one that i need to change my twisting direction to the same as my...
  12. 2

    twisting direction

    Hi everyone! My dd and her teammates are in the process of learning their back full twists. My question is dd and her friend are both left round offs but one twists to the left and one twists to the right in their back layout fulls. Are there any long term implications to this? I know that a...
  13. Geoffrey Taucer

    Coaches This should be required viewing for all coaches (re: twisting direction)

    YouTube - What Direction Am I Twisting? - George Hery 1gXTRUFHbR8 I have argued this for HOURS with some coaches. Please please please do yourself and your athletes a favor and watch this video. And watch the whole thing, not just the first half!
  14. Geoffrey Taucer

    Coaches P-bar dismounts, twisting direction

    I have three guys who are learning (or getting ready to learn) front and back tuck dismounts from p-bars. On a back tuck, is it better that they dismount in a direction that would have them twisting towards the bars if they twist or away from them? To put it in more concrete terms, should a...
  15. C

    Coaches Twisting direction question

    I apologize if this question has been posed before, but I obviously didn't pay attention if it was:o. My daughter is just learning to twist. She feels she should be twisting to the left because she is a righty; however, she feels most comfortable twisting to the right. What is the most common...
  16. C

    Coaches Twisting Direction vs Pirouetting Direction

    When you're looking at Pirouetting direction vs twisting direction how do you teach your kids. It's taken me a few days to finally wrap my brain around that a front pirouette posting on the right hand is actually a left twist. So I ask you this, when you have determined a kids twisting...
  17. B

    Coaches Twisting direction...

    The direction a gymnast twists is a very critical choice a coach must make in a career. There are lots of different skills that require your twisting to be the same direction: Kasamatsu, Makuts, full twisting step outs on floor, Diamodov 1 1/4, Gogaladze etc....my question is do you as coaches...

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