WAG Back Roll to Pushup (Level 3)

[sevenatenine2]

Help. Ours are awful. Out of 9 Level 3s, I only have 1 that does a really good one.

Looking at other teams versus my team leads me to believe it's a coaching problem. These kids are good at most other things, so I'm missing something in teaching them these. We've done them down the cheese mats.

Any hints/drills/etc.?

 

[Deleted member 14190]

Spot them to shape, locked elbows. Also roll off of panel mat, lose the cheese mat.

 

[sevenatenine2]

Wait, describe the roll off of panel mat for me, please? Hands and bottom on the mat?

 

[Deleted member 14190]

Body on mat hands on floor.

 

[saddlupasb]

This skill annoys me too. While my kids are okay at them, and some exceptional, they have all done it with straight arms but will bend when doing routines to the music.

 

[Gymnast@<3]

its all in the elbows.. keep them straight!

 

[saddlupasb]

I believe it is all in the shoulders. Yes squeezing the elbows is important, but you can't have straight arms if you don't use your shoulders.

 

[sce]

I believe it is all in the shoulders. Yes squeezing the elbows is important, but you can't have straight arms if you don't use your shoulders.

Yes, hollow body and use the shoulders.

 

[gymnast9261]

If you have a forster bar, our gym uses that on the floor and down an incline

 

[Deleted member 17723]

I found it helps to have a strong hollow position. It also helped for my coaches to tell me to "try and get my knees to my nose" and go straight back.