standing Whip downhill

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slo-mo Double Pike

Interesting angle.

standing Double Back

A great progression for improving HOW to get a Double Salto around when you — later — have slow rotation in training or competition.

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Eythora = Artistry

Artistry is so poorly defined that I’m guessing judges are told:

Eythora = artistry. 😀

Watch a dance through at Worlds podium training.

off-bed trampoline from bounce

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straight front leg on Round-off Hurdle

Personally, I’ve had a lot of success over the decades introducing the aerial phase of the Round-off hurdle with the front leg quite straight.

NEXT I work on a deep lunge before the Round-off.

And finally combine the two segments.

I know Chinese coaches and many others who prefer a bent front leg in the hurdle — and it works for them. My fear is that lifting the knee is backward rotation, and it may limit my ultimate forward rotation.

Here Tammy Biggs emphasizes the straight leg.

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Tatiana Lysenko – Floor

Tatiana Lysenko was a senior from Ukraine from 1990 to 1994.

She now lives in California.