Basic Tricks and Skills
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A forward roll is a basic move in gymnastics. To do a forward roll you have to duck your head, put your hands on the floor, and roll by pushing out of your feet. You do the same thing for a backwards roll except push backwards out or your legs. | |
| This is a bridge. To make a bridge you have to lay down with your feet and hands on the ground. You then bend your wrists behind your head. Push up with your hands, straighten your legs, and arch your back and you will be in an arch. | |
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This is an example of a cartwheel. A cartwheel is a basic move that you can do on the beam and floor. You should start in a lounge position and push off of your legs to go sideways. You then come up in a lounge again. To do a round-off you do the same thing except for you bring your legs together at the end. | |
| This is a handstand. A handstand is one of the more important basic skills that you learn how to do. To do a handstand you have to first start in a lounge with your arms straight above your head. You then have to kick your legs up by pushing off your first leg. You then push everything straight and to the ceiling. A handstand is used for all of the events. | |
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This is an example of a back-walk-over. You can do this skill on beam and floor. To do this you need to first start with your leg extended in front of you with your toe barely touching the ground. You then arch your back like your doing a bridge. When your hands hit the ground you need to push your bottom leg off the ground. You should pass through the handstand position with your legs in a 180 degree split. You then stand up straight or in a lounge position. | |
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| This is a back-handspring. A back-handspring is still a basic skill but it is more advanced. Back-handsprings are done on beam and floor. To do a back-handspring, also known as a flic-flac, you first start with your arms above your head. You then swing them down and squat like your sitting in a chair. You then push out of your legs and jump up and back. As you do this you have to straighten your arms by your head. You then have to put your hands on the ground, extend through your shoulders (make sure your in a handstand position), and push yourself up to a standing position. You can either land with your legs split or together. | ||
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| There are other more advanced skills such as giants, releases, and many, many more, but they are recommended not to be done without a coach and proper training. Basics build up to all these skills, without basics, no one could do any advanced skills. | ||