Gymnastics Zone has informational products that offer gymnasts "The Secrets to Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, Level 7, Level 8, Tumbling and Choreography" gymnastics e-Books, written for USA Gymnastics Compulsory and Optional gymnasts and offering strategic and valuable insights for competing at every level.
Click to See Products...Coaches have experience regarding when and where falls from the equipment are likely to occur. For the gymnast, a fall can have a negative effect on future performance and potentially lead to a mental block on the skill causing them … Continue reading
Double back somersaults have become commonplace in today’s routines and are performed on every event. The performance of these skills and certainly the learning process is no longer reserved only for the elite level experienced gymnast. In fact, it is … Continue reading
It is evident to us and to other observers of our sport that there are serious issues with the training regimens our children, our gymnasts are forced to undergo. The problems are not limited to the training programs as there … Continue reading
A rigid system of training, in so far as skill variations, leads to humorless, mechanical gymnastics routines. Over-repetition of the same skills in practice leaves no time for creative development and robs the sport of one of its most pleasing … Continue reading
What’s all this obsession with perfection of the USA Gymnastics compulsory routines? Level 4, Level 5, whatever. Where did all these professional compulsory gymnasts come from? Who is sentencing America’s gymnasts to a lifetime of compulsories? Basics are Fine We’re … Continue reading
We all understand that there are only so many pieces of competition gymnastics equipment. What not everyone realizes is that the market for gymnastics equipment is not large, currently only about 3200 gyms in the whole United States, and that … Continue reading
Kip, Front Hip Circle, Cast Compulsory Cast 3/4 Giant, Underswing Level 4 Stride Circle Compulsory Tuck Flyaway Error: Gymnast begins tuck too soon and does not bring knees to chest immediately in tuck action. Compulsory Tap Swings Click: Secrets to … Continue reading
Cartwheel Errors: Gymnast should lunge into and out of the cartwheel. 1st foot should land closer to where hands were placed. Cartwheel should finish with weight balanced on both feet evenly in lunge position. Click: Secrets to Level 4 Gymnastics … Continue reading
Twisting Degrees: Fractions and degrees are used in order to describe twisting movements. A ½ twist is a 180-degree twist. A full (1/1) twist is a 360 degree twist. Often called a full. A 1& ½ twist is 540 degrees … Continue reading
Twist: A movement in acrobatic skills where the rotation is about the longitudinal, or vertical, axis. This is the axis that runs from head to toes. Twisting is usually defined in terms of which shoulder moves backwards first. A right … Continue reading
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