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Gymnastics: Tuck forward roll exit from low box top

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Tuck forward roll exit from a low box top.

COACHING POINTS

From a long sit at end of a box top:

Rock back in a pike shape then rock forward still piked (or hip extend to aid momentum).

Bend legs late to pull heels under bum into tuck shape.

Thrust straight arms forward.

End in a tuck squat.

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Tuck forward roll from a box shape

Tuck forward roll from a box shape on level mats.

Key 2 content Forward roll

Back Rock to Straddle Stand

Sit on platform in long sit position.

Rock back on to shoulders.

Rock forward placing hands, with fingers forward, on to the platform between legs.

Keep legs extended in straddle position.

Push on hands and stand into 'star' shape.

Key 3 Forward roll

Forward Roll Progression

Kneeling on a platform with hands flat on the mats raise the hips by staightening the legs and walk forward on the toes pushing the hips high.

As the shoulders pass over the hands rock forward allowng the hips to pass over the hands.

Finish in long sit position.

Key 3 Forward roll

Forward Roll Progressions

The pupil kneels on an inclined padded bench and extends their legs to raise the hips.

By walking on the toes towards the hands the shoulders pass over the hands and the pupil rolls over their head on to their shoulders and back.

The roll is completed in a long sit position.

Key 2 content Forward roll

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