Women Glide swing - full extension?

[Jumpingbunny]

My daughter’s bar routine starts with two glide swings (the gymnast regrips between glides). I’m confused about how a glide shows “full extension”. My daughter is short enough that she could fully extend with a straight body but her coach makes her hold her body in a dish shape (pic attached). It’s harder on the abs and harder to show full extension. Anyone have any thoughts here? My daughter would rather do it in a straight line without the dish shape.

 

[fuzi]

I am attaching a screenshot from USA Gymnastics showing the line drawing for a glide + return to stand. You’ll see in the drawing how the gymnasts’ bottom is squeezed a little more and the hips are “flatter.”

I don’t know what program your daughter competes in (maybe U.K. becuase you said dish shape?). If I was judging your daughter, I *might* take 0.05 for lack of full extension and I might not. I’d encourage you to just trust the coach and trust the process, this is so minor.

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

My daughter’s bar routine starts with two glide swings (the gymnast regrips between glides). I’m confused about how a glide shows “full extension”. My daughter is short enough that she could fully extend with a straight body but her coach makes her hold her body in a dish shape (pic attached). It’s harder on the abs and harder to show full extension. Anyone have any thoughts here? My daughter would rather do it in a straight line without the dish shape.

Dish shape going through the bottom is correct. Her position in that pic is pretty near perfect; if I were to pick nits, I'd say she could get her hips slightly more extended, but that's already a better glide shape than a lot of what I see at low levels.

Sounds to me like her coach is doing everything right.