Head Over Heels About Gymnastics Volume 3 Floor Beam

Gemma Coles

Description

Head Over Heels About Gymnastics Floor Beam is the third in the series of the successful gymnastic instructional series by Gemma Coles. Aimed at young budding gymnasts, this edition introduces the popular apparatus Floor Beam. Through dynamic photography, Top Tips and insider coaching knowledge we share with you everything you need to master the essential Floor Beam skills - making challenging gymnastics achievable. This book walks you through an introduction to the Beam with basic skills such as Mounts and Dismounts to Walk Steps, Chasses and Bunny Jumps, progressing the reader into more advanced skills such as Cartwheels, Walkovers and Levers. Bringing together the skills learnt throughout the book, we provide a number of exciting Floor Beam routines for you to practice.

Sujets

• Gymnastics

Informations

• Publié par: Head Over Heels Publications
• Date de parution: 12 décembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780957352698
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

B y Head Coach Gemma Coles “ Ma kin g c ha l l en g in g g ym na s t i cs skil l s a c h ie v a bl e . ” V olume 3: Floor Beam

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1 CONTENTS Now let ’ s g et star ted... Y o u w il l a l so fin d the se ‘ho w t o’ n o t e s e x pl ain in g mo r e de t ail e d t e c hn i que s bo r n o u t of y ea r s of t ea c h in g . T hr o ug ho u t th is bo ok y o u w il l fin d the se ‘T hu mb s Ups’ w h i c h c o n t ain f an t a s t i c l i t tl e bi ts of insi de r kn o wl e dg e . W a r m in g u p & Ex pl o r in g the Beam T a ppin g di f f e r en t bo d y pa r ts t o the Beam 2 Ba l ancin g o n di f f e r en t bo d y pa r ts 3 F ee t p o si t io ns o n the Beam 4 Ar t is t i c P o se s 5 M o u n ts & Dismo u n ts M o u n ts 6 Lo w M o u n ts 7 J u mpin g Dismo u n ts 9 J u mpin g & Ca r tw heel Dismo u n ts 10 T r a v el l in g W a lkin g 11 W a lkin g w i th v a r yin g a r m & han d p o si t io ns 1 2 D e v el o pin g W a lkin g 14 Ho ppin g & Lea pin g 17 W a lkin g in Squa t 18 D e v el o pin g Squa t W a lkin g 19 Cr a wl in g & Bu nn y J u mps 20 Lo w Beam T r a v el l in g 22 T u r ns & J u mps T u r ns 23 J u mps 25 Ba l anc e s Ba l anc e s 28 Lo w Ba l anc e s 29 Su pp o r ts & Le v e r s F r o n t Su pp o r t 30 Si de Su pp o r t & Ba c k Su pp o r t 31 D e v el o pin g Su pp o r ts 3 2 T uc k & Pik e Le v e r 33 Skil ls Spl i ts 34 F o r wa r d Rol l 35 Sho u lde r s t an d, Han ds t an d & Ca r tw heel 36 Br i dg e & W a lk o v e r 37 Han d A ppa r a tu s Ho o p 39 Ba l l 40 W o r kin g w i th a P a r tn e r T r a v el l in g & J u mpin g 41 P a r tn e r Ba l anc e s 42 Ro u t in e s Ro u t in e 1 43 Ro u t in e 2 44
2 T a pping Dif f er ent Body P ar ts to the Beam Exploring the beam is essential. Spend time g oing thr ough these fun activities g aining conf idence bef or e star ting the mor e c hallenging sk ills . T a p T o e o n the si de of beam T a p N o se T a p Elbo w T a p To e T a p Heel W arming up & Exploring the Beam Ma k e su r e y o u r to e s a r e n i c el y p o i n t e d
3 Ba l anc e o n kn ee s Ba l anc e o n t o e s Ba l anc e o n bo t t o m Ba l anc e o n tu m m y in a r c h Ba l anc e o n b a c k in dish Ba l anc e o n fla t b a c k Ba l anc e o n b a c k w i th f ee t r aise d Balancing on Dif f er ent Body P ar ts W arming up & Exploring the Beam
4 Do n o t tu r n y o u r f ee t inwa r ds . Do n o t cr o ss y o u r f ee t . P r e ss big t o e s fir ml y o n the beam ensu r in g the heel s s t a y in l in e an d do n o t r ol l o u t t o the si de . T i p To e Ima g in e so m e s t i c k y gl ue a t t a c h in g y o u t o the beam . Ask a pa r en t t o c he c k y o u r f ee t o r ha v e a l o ok in a m ir r o r . W arming up & Exploring the Beam F eet P ositions on the Beam