Tumble X – gymnastics video

This looks interesting. From former Karolyi assistant coach Mike Ferralli.

And at 3.5hrs for $35 it’s far more bang-for-your-buck than most gymnastics coaching DVDs.

a comprehensive training tool for both gymnast and coaches. Get an in-depth look at the Personalities, Attitudes, and Opinions of five of your favorite Olympians and the Drive, Heart and Passion it took to make them GREAT!!! Interviews, Highlights and Bloopers with all 5 OLYMPIANS.

Jamie Dantzscher, USA 2000; Kristen Maloney, USA 2000; Morgan White, USA 2000;
Mohini Bhardwaj USA 2004 and Kate Richardson Canada 2000, 2004

The DVD covers tumbling skills from standing back handsprings to round-off back handspring double full and double back, Arabians and combination front tumbling. See step-by-step instruction on learning and teaching each skill along with their execution as well as demonstrating some of the most common mistakes. For the coaches there is an in-depth spotting section, as well as a Coaches Corner covering coaching styles and methods.

Another new tumbling video has been released at the same time: Advanced Forward Tumbling by Mas Watanabe.

This video and more are linked from the GymSmarts home page.