Double back
How to teach the double back on floor
Angelo Ritorto
Double back
How to teach the double back on floor
description
This iconic gymnastics element is a tumbling skill that gymnasts often dream about. What if you could help them achieve this dream?
This skill represents more than simply a technical element. It often signifies, for gymnasts and coaches alike, the entry into a higher level of gymnastics practice. Success with this skill leads to a real sense of pride, and rightly so.
What are the resources that allow you to go so high and rotate so fast?
How do you manage to have the time for two rotations and still be able to land safely on the floor?
Our technical analysis, as well as the videos on physical preparation and teaching, will give you all the details you need to understand and master the technique for this skill.
Discover the indicators that show you when your gymnasts can begin learning this tumbling skill.
Get to know a method to be able to spot a double back step by step.
Bonus: a "Live" segment brings you a tumbling pass with technical faults. Learn to identify them, and understand where they come from, so that you can implement a strategy to correct them.
content
- Candlestick progression
- Setting up a progression on the double back on the minitrampoline
- Progression on the trampoline: step 1 from a standstill
- Progression on the trampoline: step 2 with a “stick”
- Progression on the trampoline: step 3—back kaboom
- Progression on the trampoline: step 4—Cody
- Dismounts from the bed: 3 progressions for 3 learning objectives
- Working on the Fast Track
- Progression with springboard
- Specific exercises on the back handspring salto connection
- Progression on the tumble track: step 1
- Progression on the tumble track: step 2
- Progression on the tumble track: step 3
- Full teaching progression on the floor
