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Gymnastics: Wheeling kicks around end of apparatus

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Wheeling leg kicks around the end of apparatus, and in both directions.

COACHING POINTS

Long step, long reach to grasp the edges of the apparatus.

Kick-Kick straight legs over the apparatus.

Create a narrow angle to start with.

Gradually widen the angle until a straight line Wheel is made over the apparatus.

Maxim: Watch 1st hand down; push from 2nd hand down; watch 1st foot land.

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