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Category: spotting
Al Fong spotting block system
introducing Backwards Flyaway
Sure you could SPOT your beginners hundreds of times. 🙄
Better is to set up a soft mat hill so they can practice it on their own.
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That’s Bermuda Gymnastics Association.
We tied one end of the landing mat to the pulleys used for a spotting belt.
Underneath we braced the HILL with spotting boxes.
spotting Sole Circle on Bars
Kovacs to back hip circle?
Eythora – Jaeger
Great pic.
introducing blind change
One easy drill is to turn late … to flat back (or handspring into a pit).
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spotting Bars on blocks
Spotting blocks are even better than a channel pit for introducing new skills on Bars and Horizontal Bar. There are hundreds of different configurations.
For example, introducing forward Giant.
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Al Fong went through 5 prototypes before deciding on length, width, channel gap, and adjustable heights.
Great for the kids. And great for the coaches who will suffer fewer spotting injuries.
Tumbl Trak – Al Fong Spotting Blocks System
PE-Redskaber twisting belt
One of the BIG problems with belts is getting it to fit different sizes of athletes.
PE-Redskaber solved that by using an inflatable bladder.
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introducing Jaeger
Using a trench pit the gymnasts doesn’t need to (yet) over-rotate to prone fall. She can concentrate on height first … before rotation.
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