January 13, 2011
Different horizontal and uneven bars require different giants speed. Advanced gymnast must be able to speed up or slow down their giants at will be means of the power utilized to execute their taps. The straps are a perfect opportunity to practice long sets of giants where the athlete may change from fast to slow giants and vice versa several times in each single set. This same principle of practicing and matering back giants at a faster or slow pace also applies to the front giants.
January 12, 2011
At the same time that gymnasts are learning limbers, cartwheels, round-offs and other basic skills, they can also begin learning to jump backwards onto a resi-mat.
January 12, 2011
Coaches may spot the gymnasts upper back and shoulder area so they can practice the dynamic coordination betweeen the arms swing and the lean back motion with a quick opening into a tight arch position. Beginning with a hollow chest facilitates a stronger chest opening to the tight arch.
January 12, 2011
Gymnasts starting to learn back handsprings can benefit from feeling the lean back action in a simpler way. Also getting familiar with hollow chest to open chest and shoulders and the legs push to open hips on a single tight arch body unit. This drill helps the athletes to train the lean back action several times in a row with a coach's assistance. In this second variation the gymnast continues the lean back action with the legs push while opening her body to a tight arch position. / Before adding the jump back to the resi the gymnast may practice simpler lean backs and arches without jumps or arms swing then they can add the legs jump to a back flying phase to the resi and finally add the arms swings to train all the motions.
January 12, 2011
Rocking back and forth lying down on a barrel may help gymnasts to experience the single arch-body unit with open hips and shoulders required for the back handspring flying phase.
January 12, 2011
Gymnasts showing improvement on simpler drills and spotted back handsprings may be introduced to barrel back handsprings. Coaches must make sure that the gymnast does not start so close to the barrel as it forces them to undercut their jumps.
January 12, 2011
Gymnasts may use a panel mat to train for distance during the first flying phase. With their toes at the beginning of a panel they perfom back handsprings trying to reach far into a different panel. Since the gymnasts know the exact place they are begining each turn they can check how much they are flying back from feet to hands.
January 12, 2011
To begin the backhandspring the gymnast leans back off balance while slightly bending the legs and moving the trunk forward with a straight or hollow chest. From this position the gymnast can make a powerful jump backwards. Back handsprings have two important flying phases. From feet to hands then from the hands back to the feet. /Still 1/ Hollow Chest. /Still 2/ Trunk forward with body leaning back off balance. /Still 3/ Long arch first flying phase. /Still 4/ Short and deep hollow second flying phase.
January 12, 2011
This talented young gymnast is making a nice effort to emphasize a chest hollow position at the beginning of the skill. The objective of this action is to create a feeling about the shape of the body on the second flying phase. Nowadays she still has some troubles to hold a hollow position on the turn over from hands to feet and pikes down instead. Rounding the chest and back into a hollow position allows the gymnast to increase the power of the upper body motion when jumping up and backward to the backhandspring tight arch first flying phase. It also mimics the way handsprings and sommersaults connect in between them.
January 12, 2011
Back handsprings can be spotted with one hand on the lower back and the other hand on the closer hamstring. If the spotter stands on the left of the gymnast the right hand goes on the back and the left hand on the nearer hamstring. During the second flying phase the hands switch the left to the abdominal area and the right to the lower back to assist with any problems during the landing.
