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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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Face Vaults over the end of a platform Cart Wheel Progression:

Placing the hands on each side of the platform kick the legs high to land on the other side of the platform.

Transfer the weight from one hand to the other

Repeat the action to return.

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Cart Wheel along the platform:

Standing side ways at the end of the platform perform a cart wheel action along the length of the platform.

Repeat the movement in reverse.

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Wheeling leg kicks down from apparatus:

Weight on hands and feet wheeling leg kicks down from apparatus.

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Face Vaults over the middle of a platform Cart Wheel Progression:

Place hands on the middle edges of the platform and kick the legs over the platform transfering the weight from one hand to the over.

Repeat the movement the other way.

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