introducing pirouettes

Here’s an excellent drill for beginners as they learn to move their centre of mass over the support arm (base of support) before starting to learn pirouettes and reverse pirouettes.

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introducing straddle press handstand

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Compare with GymTactics Straddle Press Handstand.

via Gymnastics Coaches Skills & Drills on Facebook (private group)

Pirouette Trainer mat

Mancino developed this product with Chris Zimmerman of Ricochets Gymnastics in Hatboro, PA.

Quarter twist drills require the gymnast to commit to the weight transfer on the pivot hand. I’d use this mat every day.  If I didn’t have one, I’d improvise with something else.

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342 presses in 52 minutes

OK. Stefanie Millinger wins.

No parallettes.  My wrists hurt just watching this.

Nobody wants to try to beat Stefanie’s record.

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Handstand Homework

If kids are asking, the best resource I know is from Tumbl Trak.

They offer several packages around the Handstand Workbook which was developed by Carrie Lennox.

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