WAG Tumbling

[gymnast17]

How do you set? My coach says I’m not finished my set and my tumbling is low. How do I fix this? I think my throwing my head back too because i don’t think I can rotate without doing that.

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Gonna need a bit more detail before I can help you.

What is the tumbling pass? I can give a lot more specific suggestions if I know what skill you're doing.

Assuming we're referring to some sort of salto element, you should take off with your head neutral and your arms approximately vertical, and try to hold that position until you're clear of the floor. Throwing your head doesn't make you rotate, it just makes you feel like you're rotating. With any flipping skill, 90% of the time the best way to improve it is to work it on a trampoline.

 

[Mthegymqueen]

Look for a spot on a wall that is higher up on the wall. My gym has a line that runs along the wall about 10-12 feet above the floor that I look for in tumbling