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Gymnastics: Teach Handstand Balance from Inclined Box Shape on low apparatus

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Teach Handstand Balance from Inclined Box Shape on low apparatus:

  • Lift hips to straighten legs; lift one leg high; kick up slowly on straight arms

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Teach Handstand Progressions From Front Support:

  • Teach W Hand Formation (i.e. look down and see thumbs and 1st fingers forming a W)
  • Teach Shoulders in front of wrists On straight arms, move shoulders in front of wrists

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Teach Inverted Stag Leg Balance from Front Lying on mid-height apparatus (hands on mat, one leg vertical, one knee on box).

  • Development 1: straighten bent leg to keep toes in contact with box 
  • N.B. Have a spotter to prevent over-rotation forwards

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Teach Kick Up to Handstand on the floor, to a Spotter .

  • From Long Shape standing. 
  • Long step into Forward Lunge.
  • Long reach to place W-Hands in front of spotter. 
  • Kick up towards spotter, who catches hips. 
  • Hold Handstand in pencil shape.
  • Reverse action to return to standing.

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