Snap Down Back Handspring

The snap down back handspring is a very helpful progressive step toward the round off back handspring. Advanced gymnasts may practice this combination to refine some back tumbling technical details such as turning over from hands to feet on a hollow single body unit and rebounding with a tight arch first flying phase while the shoulder area is open.

By amgym|2017-01-09T01:11:46-05:00January 11th, 2011|Categories: Back Tumbling|Tags: backhandspring, Down, Gymnastics on Demand, Snap|0 Comments

Incorrect Snap Down

Piking down with knees bent and no arm repulsion at all is a very common novice mistake. There is not a flying phase and the feet touch the floor with the hands still down.

By amgym|2011-01-11T13:47:59-05:00January 11th, 2011|Categories: Back Tumbling|Tags: Down, Gymnastics on Demand, Incorrect, Snap|0 Comments

Snap down with mat

Here are several snap down examples some better than others. Back handsprings have two flying phases one from feet to hands and the second turning from hands to feet. Snap downs help gymnast to understand the second flying phase.

By amgym|2011-01-11T13:33:51-05:00January 11th, 2011|Categories: Back Tumbling|Tags: Down, Gymnastics on Demand, Mat, Snap, with|1 Comment

Snap down

Snap down drills are closely related to the hands-to-feet motion on back handsprings required to add power and turn over to the rebound connecting a handspring to another handspring or to a somersault. The goal is to open the shoulder area and then pushing from shoulders and wrists snap the whole body into a deep hollow while turning on one unit from hands to feet.

By amgym|2011-01-11T13:24:30-05:00January 11th, 2011|Categories: Back Tumbling|Tags: Down, Gymnastics on Demand, Snap|0 Comments

Top Five Women’s Junior Routines From 2010!

It’s no secret that some of the best women’s routines in the world this past year were done by junior gymnasts…that is, gymnasts who would not turn 16 until 2011 [...]

By amgym|2017-01-09T01:11:48-05:00January 8th, 2011|Categories: Andy's Angle, Blogs|Tags: anastasia grishina, andrew thornton, andy thornton, Andy's Angle, jordyn wieber, Kyla Ross, mckayla maroney, viktoria komova|0 Comments

Gymnastics on Demand Videos – FREE!

American Gymnast has offered Gymnastics on Demand as a subscription-based online video training system for coaches, gym owners, and gymnasts for the last several years. Today, I'm excited to announce that all of the videos in that system are being added to YouTube so that the entire gymnastics community can now view them for FREE! There are approximately 1200 videos that are currently being uploaded!