Fly Aways :(

[gymgramma]

2 questions:

What is a dead cow?

What is a back pullover on tramp?

[lannamavity]

Quote:
Originally Posted by gymgramma 2 questions: What is a dead cow? What is a back pullover on tramp?

I think we are talking about a "flyaway timer to back" on mats. I guess the "cow" thing is what they call it in...the Midwest? Texas?

We try not to do too many drops into the pit, because it can tend to make a flyaway go down and out...when it really should go up in front of the bar.

The real trick is to press the shoulders out toward the landing area BEFORE releasing the bar. It's too late to change trajectory once you let go.

A pullover is a back-drop followed by backward rotation to feet.

[tumblerK]

We had a girl who wouldn't let go of the bar even if the coach was there. She did dead cows onto the gush (resi, pit, what ever you call it) with the cheese wedge on it and then backwards roll sooner and sooner when you hit the mat. After she did about a million of those she was feeling braver and let the coach flip her.

[GymnastRaeRae87]

[quote=lannamavity;23732]I think we are talking about a "flyaway timer to back" on mats. I guess the "cow" thing is what they call it in...the Midwest? Texas? quote]

o LOL I thought she meant literally a dead cow! I thought she didn't like animals being killed! hahaha, thanks for clearing that up!

[oneofakind]

Hi there. I had the same problem when it was time to tackle fly aways! Dead cows helped me sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!! You basicly have got to trust in yourself and your coach (if he/she is spotting) and just let go. I had a huge fear of getting hurt when i was learning and the bars was by far my biggest fear..luckily i had a very patient coach who took the time and got my confidence up before taking my spot away alot of coaches just expect you to do it without a spot and be ok with it. i dont like doing that personally. but thats just me...so trust in yourself and let go...once you do flyaways will be cake!

[gym4lifee]

It's really not that bad when you hit your feet! it hurt a bit but not that much, and if you don't know when to let go have your coach do a countoff [let go on 3 1...2...3]

xo hailee xo

[gymgymgymnast08]

haha ive hit my feet before

[elilla]

I used to have my girls do flyways off of the boys rings. They got the sensation of a flyway without the fear of hitting their feet. We had a set of swing rings that we could bring close to the floor so the girls would push off of the floor to swing out and then flyway. It really seemed to help and the girls thought it was a lot of fun!

[BlairBob]

The only problem of getting the girls to learn flyaways on the rings was in getting them into a decent swing instead of just a swinging skin the cat.

However, they are really good for front offs too in the same regard. Especially over a pit.

[uggymnast]

hey- we all get afraid, but if u DONT LET GO OF THE BAR, UR GOING TO GET HURT!!!!!! trust me, i broke my back in december on bars. dont be afraid, alls u have to do is tapswing and when u see ur toes in front of u let go. its not really a prob for me cause i used to do this stupid back flip thing when i would miss my squat on. i would miss the squat on and my feet would go through the bar and id end up sitting on the bar, then falling backwards and flipping under it. little did i know that this simmulated the "flip" of the flyaway. have ur coach spot u till u feel comfortable. try having them give u a "signal" when to let go. my coach will put his hand on ur stomach and when u feel it, u let go. works everytime. while learning this, make sure u dont balk at letting go or ul overrotate and ring ur feet on the bars. if ur not going to commit to the trick, dont do it. its a sure fire way to get hurt. good luck!