Technique discussion: Front Layout

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

I'm looking forward to getting this kid up to optionals; he's only a level 6 right now.

[ACoach78]

It's important to teach 2 types of front layout. You need to be able to do an arched front layout for connection tumbling. And, a gymnast should be able to do more of a straight/hollow front layout for the purpose of twisting.

As for a double layout on floor, a the arch-arch technique will not twist, either. So, that technique will not produce a full-out.

That's the rationale for doing straight/hollow front layouts and straight backwards double layouts.

By the way, Liz Tricase did very nice straight body double layouts. In fact, in her last year of elite, she did her double layout as her second line in her floor routine.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

I find in my own tumbling that I naturally straighten out when I twist. When I do a front full, I don't try to do it any differently than my normal arched front layout, yet I instinctively straighten out when I start twisting. Is this something everybody does naturally, or is this just something I've subconsciouly learned from years of tumbling?