Category: Gymnastics

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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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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