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Gymnastics: Straddle Vault Shoulder Blocking

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Straddle vault shoulder blocking along apparatus.

COACHING POINTS

From straddle stand at one end of a bench or box top.

Swing straight arms far and long along the apparatus from 2 foot take-off.

Block with heels of hands on tense arms to arrest flight of vault.

Shoulder extend and lift arms high to land in pike straddle.

Block and lift, then land.

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