Category Archives: Straps and Low Bar Single Rail Drills

Low Single Rail Back Bail Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 1 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

A low single rail is a very useful piece of equipment to master different technical aspects of several horizontal bar or uneven bar skills. The back bail is the beginning part of back giants. The drill is performed falling very stretched from the handstand and landing flat down on soft mats approximately at the same height as the low rail.

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Low Single Rail Front Bail Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 2 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

In the front bail drill to prepare the first part of the front giants the gymnasts bail down with the shoulders very stretched and the body straight aiming to land on the mat as flat as possible without any hips pike or shoulder angle.

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Low Single Rail Straddle Cast Handstand Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 3 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

This low single rail drill helps gymnasts understand how to cast to a handstand with straddled legs. Beginning from a hollow prone support the gymnast moves down to a tight arch, and from there quickly snaps the hips up, aiming to bring the body weight on top of the arm support without letting the legs come down too much.

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Low Single Rail Early Front Pirouette Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 4 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

Technically correct front pirouettes on the horizontal bar or the uneven bars must be completed by the vertical or even slightly before. Kicking up with an undergrip short of reaching a complete vertical handstand performing a front pirouette and falling over flat in overgrip lend the athlete valuable understanding and experience about how to begin an early pirouette ahead of the body reaching the vertical line.

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Low Single Rail Higgins Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 5 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

This low single rail drill helps gymnast beginning to learn a higgins to understand how to transfer their body weight over the post arm. Gymnasts must aim to keep a straight body line, and during the turn, maintain eye contact with the bar for catching the rail.

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Low Single Rail Full Pirouette Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 6 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

Low single rail full pirouette drills can be trained to a mixed-grip first, and then to a complete eagle grip. Some of the goals are to keep the body fully stretched during the turn without any arch or pike, and when coming down, to land straight on the soft mat instead of crooked to either the left or right side of a perfect perpendicular line in relation to the rail.

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Low Single Rail Inverted Giant Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 7 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

In this drill the gymnast begins with both hands in an eagle grip and jumps up to a handstand with eagle grip support afterwards to land flat down while maintaining a fully streched position and without loosing the grip on the bar. The drill can also be performed bouncing from a board, but either way, one of the goals is to show a vertically supported handstand without any pike before falling down.

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Low Single Rail Stalder Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 8 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

In this stalder drill the aim is to land in a pancake position with the arms straight and shoulders pushing and stretching away from the bar. Gymnast that have some personal difficulty with the pancake position need to develop better flexibilty to be able to perform great stalders.

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Low Single Rail Reverse Hecht Drill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

This is another example of the useful variety of bar skills that single rails help to introduce and develop. The goal is to jump back and get familiar with catching the bar and immediately push away to facilitate a good swing for any subsequent skill following the reverse hecht.

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Low Single Rail Early Opening for Hechts

Posted on January 14, 2011 by American Gymnast
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This entry is part 10 of 11 in the series: Low Single Rail Drills

Horizontal bar reverse hechts require a quick opening of the shoulder angle before the body swings down beyond the horizontal line. Training low single rail back bails with the shoulders opening prior to landing down on the mat helps to develop an understanding of this technical action.

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