Ejercicios Auxiliares para resorte al frente a mortal agrupado. Drill for Front Handspring Front videoed at Camp Centroamericano 2017 in Guatemala.
Toe on Toe off Handstand. Drills and Progressions
Toe on toe off to handstand is a skill nearly every gymnast should have in their repertoire.
Perhaps it is my own teaching style or the progressions I use but I have found toe on toe off a little easier than clear hip circle. If I have 10 gymnasts I can probably get 8 of them to clear hip handstand. Of that 8, 2 of them will do it well.
With a Toe on Handstand, I can still get 8 out of 10 to do toe on handstand but at least 6 can do it well.
Since all circling skills on bars should start and end in handstands, at the beginning and the end the hips will be (for example) 2.5 feet from the bar. During the circle, the hips only come in slightly.
Another benefit of the toe on handstand is that it is easier to transition to other in bar circling skills like stalders.
- Always make sure they know what a handstand feels like.
- Shape the body then work through that shape. (pike rolls with and without Forester Bar)
- Pike presses off floor bar
- Pike Bounce handstands on Tumbl Trak
- Back extension rolls with and with out Forester Bar
- Back Extension roll pike landing
- From Floor Bar Handstand pike down to bar
- Jump Toe circle dismount
- Cast Toe circle dismount
- Cast Toe circle around bar
- Jump Toe circle around bar (then press back to mat)
- Continue with increasing height.
- use of strap bar
Essential Basics. Part 5 and 6
Essential basics for all adult gymnast: Hour-long clinic by Tony Retrosi of GymMomemtum. Tony has decades of experience coaching gymnasts of all ages and levels and he shares that with us today.
These basics cover all 4 women’s events and most can be performed by even the most beginner adult gymnast. These fun drills generally don’t require a spot which is helpful if you work out during open gym or otherwise without a coach.
Handstand Drill
“The very symbol of the sport, the handstand, is indeed one of the most important fundamental elements in gymnastics. Although often viewed as an individual skill, the handstand shape is repeatedly seen in every event, every exercise, and virtually every movement sequence.” Dr Gerald S. George, Ph.D. “Championship Gymnastics. Biomechanical Techniques For Shaping Winners” 2010 [Read more…]
Toe on Handstand Progression
Bars has become more about in-bar skills. Clear hip, Stalders and Toe on Handstands.
Jason Mortimer from BOUNCE GYMNASTICS in Michigan put together a good video of some basic drills.
Incorporate these into your stations now and be prepared for next year.
Thank You Jason for sharing!
Pirouettes for Uneven Bars
It takes time to teach a good pirouette. The best way I have found to do this is is to start early. Introduce the drills fairly early in a gymnasts career so that they have the base when it is time.
Here are some of the drills I try to get done on a regular basis.
Do You have a favorite drill that is not on the video? Share it!
Yurchenko Vaulting Lecture.
Yurchenko Vaulting Lecture.
So… Now you can flip. Where do we go from here.
(You probably want to watch this with the volume down so you do not have to hear my annoying voice in the back ground of videos. OR BETTER YET, Put on some good music)
Vaulting Circuit with some VERY little kids
SHARING IS CARING! Thanks to Kris Silvestri Head Coach at CountrySide Gymnastics in Fayetteville, NC for sharing this circuit.
I like this circuit because it breaks down all the parts of the vault. It has:
- Running drill
- Hurdle and bounce on board
- Preflight as they slide down the mat
- Contact phase
- Post flight as they are trying handstand flat back
- If you look in the background you can see kids Bouncing up and down to mats. The difference between BOUNCING and JUMPING can be very difficult for little ones.
Share your drills and ideas with Gym Momentum!
A few of my favorite Yurchenko Vault Drills
This is a LONG way from being a complete list but here are drills I tend to go to every day.
A few of my favorite bar drills
Coaching Bars can be exhausting. You are spotting cast handstands and in bar skills by the millions. You are shaping the gymnasts, trying to get in routines and extra skills. As I have stated previously you need to stay about 18 months AHEAD in order to continue to progress.
Here are some drills for the gymnasts to do alone while you spotting or working on other things.