Gymnasts Front Toss struggles

[artsytumbler]

Hi, I’m trying to learn a front toss to put on the beam, but I can’t figure out how to get height while also dropping my chest to my knee at the same time. Can’t do a front aerial due to bad back flexibility. I keep landing in a sit; it’s like I just drive straight into the ground. Does anyone have any drills to work landing + takeoff? Thank you!

 

[Mthegymqueen]

The girls at my gym who have worked front tosses (I have tried front tucks on a line a few times, but never moved it up) worked them on a line in the pit first.

Once they could do it in the pit (landing upright), they would move it onto a floor line. Think about it as a regular front tuck on the floor, where you have to look up to go up. (look for a spot higher up on a wall, we have a blue line that we look for).