spotting free hip on bars

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Coach Jim Jason Jarrett demonstrates the stages of spotting you should go through when teaching a clear hip on uneven bars. Footage is from the Hands On Spotting session of the 2009 GAT Convention.

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Looks good. I’m not convinced that spotting is the best way to teach the skill, though.

Much faster is to learn it and perfect it on safety straps. Then later move it to bars. With as little spotting as possible.

Of course this Gymnastics Association of Texas session was a spotting session. Seems most coaches need to know how to spot a skill before learning how to teach it without spotting.