Here is a little video of us having some fun in the gym with an athlete that couldn't use her arms for a week. You know we had to do bars somehow!
Watch the feet giants on youtube!

Teach a giant 1/2 handstand and/or a blind change with this simple channel bar drill that requires no spotting!

Enjoy,
Bart

Teaching the lean over the bar for cast handstands through this spotting technique.
What many times is one of the most fearful things a young gymnast experiences in gymnastics is leaning her body weight forward over a bar. There are many ways to teach and help a child to lean over the bar with straight arms throughout their cast handstand. Try this simple spotting method to teach the lean over the bar, also this method teaches the gymnast to control their body in the handstand phase.



Enjoy,
Bart

Just added to the website a new drill of the week, a yurchenko vault timer with scoop to back, to help promote an earlier block and initiate the flipping rotation from the vault.

Teach the bail to handstand in your channel bar with these simple steps.
1. tucked tap swing to tuck bail
2. cast to tuck bail
3. cast to bail
4. bail to handstand

You should be able to introduction the Front Giant just as early, if not earlier than the back giant. Here are a couple of fun drills for the young gymnasts to get comfortable with the front giant at an early age.

Introduce the Front Giant to 5 & 6 year olds drill 1 -This drill helps the young gymnast feel going over the bar forward, hanging on all the way around the bar and the wrist shift on the upside.

Introduce the Front Giant to 5 & 6 year olds drill 2 - This drill helps the young gymnast with their hollow shaping the how to hang onto the bar.

Happy coaching,

Bart

Handspring Front Salto Vault Beginning Drills, use caution when starting these drills as the gymnasts must keep there arms slightly bent on the landing. Do not move onto the 2nd drill until the gymnast has mastered the 1st drill.

I am excited to announce that I am posting all of my video progressions on my newly designed website at www.gymnastics-skills.com for FREE and I am trying to show a featured drill once a week. So, check it out!!!

www.gymnastics-skills.com

Happy coaching,
Bart