Hi Chalkbucketers!
I have a somewhat different problem that somebody here may have experience with. I was trained as a figure skater, so somehow I've learned to do all of my leaps like split jumps and so forth leading from my left leg (because in skating, you take off from your left leg). The only way I know how to do split leaps on the beam (and on the floor, but that doesn't matter so much) is leading with my left leg forward; BUT, I have to have my right leg in front of my left as this is my dominant gymnastics leg. This is a bit of a problem, and makes split leaps a lot more difficult, so I end up having to choose starting from my left leg, or jumping on my right leg. Both feel horrible. It doesn't matter when I do split leaps because you take a step first and that's perfect to me - start right leg, step to left leg, leap, land with left leg forward.
What would you recommend? Learn to leap on my right leg? Learn to lead with my left leg? Don't do anything? Only do split leaps, not split jumps (not that that's really possible)?
Note I'm a rec gymnast so I'm not going to the Olympics or anything, but I wouldn't mind moving a little higher up the food chain than lvl 3.
Has anyone experienced this before?
Thanks!
I have a somewhat different problem that somebody here may have experience with. I was trained as a figure skater, so somehow I've learned to do all of my leaps like split jumps and so forth leading from my left leg (because in skating, you take off from your left leg). The only way I know how to do split leaps on the beam (and on the floor, but that doesn't matter so much) is leading with my left leg forward; BUT, I have to have my right leg in front of my left as this is my dominant gymnastics leg. This is a bit of a problem, and makes split leaps a lot more difficult, so I end up having to choose starting from my left leg, or jumping on my right leg. Both feel horrible. It doesn't matter when I do split leaps because you take a step first and that's perfect to me - start right leg, step to left leg, leap, land with left leg forward.
What would you recommend? Learn to leap on my right leg? Learn to lead with my left leg? Don't do anything? Only do split leaps, not split jumps (not that that's really possible)?
Note I'm a rec gymnast so I'm not going to the Olympics or anything, but I wouldn't mind moving a little higher up the food chain than lvl 3.
Has anyone experienced this before?
Thanks!