Level 6 Bar routine (pike during cast)

[gymcritter]

My dd is competing level 6 first time tomorrow with 3 weeks to learn routines she looks good excpet when she does her cast on the high bar she is piking a little (like bent at the booty) and she said her coach tells her to pike there but we've watched lots of videos and never see any pikes only strait body;s Just curious about this?

 

[fliptwisttwirl]

Tell her to cast as high and hard as she can and then pike, just a little, as her feet pass the low bar to get a tap and so they don't hit the bar. But not before you get it up high (above horizontal) first because they can take off up to .6 for your feet being below horizontal even if your hips are up. Hope this helped!

 

[profmom]

If that's the worst problem she has with her L6 bars routine, she should have a great meet! Good luck to her! (As Erin says, the key is to get that cast high enough, and then when you get really, really good at it, not to cast over.)