Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

teach glide kip piked or straddled?

Good question.

The general rule followed by many coaches is to do all skills with legs together to start:

  • Kip
  • Cast
  • Giants

LATER — and carefully — introduce straddle technique if and when needed. Canadian Olympian Maddie Copiak (170cm) never straddled. It’s possible.

related – teach long kip before glide kip as it’s less complicated for the beginner.

Hurd, Melnikova, Yile – episode 4

Stuttgart edition.

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https://twitter.com/morgihurd/status/1193333509722660864

 

Hop 1/1 on Bars

Love this skill. I wish more gymnasts worked it.

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Sam and Jessica Pezsek

Luan Peszek points out that Olympian Sam did two seasons of Level 4 AND two seasons of Level 5.

Jessica did one season of Level 4 and two seasons of Level 5.

Jessie Pezsek finished a great career finishing at Western Michigan University.

At the time, I was frustrated they were not “staying with the group” and moving up to the next level. However, what I learned after looking back on the situation, is repeating a level was the best thing that could have happened to each of them.

They developed confidence, got a taste of success and mastered the basics. They were able to quickly progress through the levels after …

Moving up the levels

Jaeger 1/1 to mixed in COMBO

Ethan Meister.

Jason credits this Jaeger 1 1/2 twist. Value in the Code would be the same either way, I’m thinking.

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Youth Winter Olympic Games – Lausanne

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https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1193473401689661440

Round-off drills

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introducing hand position for Round-off

This could be a good drill for having beginners keep both hands in a straight line when learning on Floor.

Over-turning at this stage is a common problem.

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