landing

I just cant seem to land it and allways end up on my hands and knees

What starts the Hollow body position during landing in the Round Off? My coach told me to "snap your toes down"? Is that true? (a) Do I snap my toes down, and let the legs initiate the hollow position? (b) or does it come from back muscles? (c) Last she said sometimes, it easier to get into a...

Has anyone ever had a kid whip their head on a double lay dismount landing, so that it looks like whiplash as they hit the ground? Gymnast says it doesn't hurt, but it doesn't look healthy to me. She does the "tight arch" style of flipping.

Any suggestions to help my daughter get out of the squat landing while doing a BHS.

Are there any tricks to sticking the landing? I always hear it is air awareness - but what can you do to increase air awareness? Any helpful drills that can be done? Thanks.

I was taking notes for Cartwheel, last landing phase at the end. My gymnastics teach left some quick notes, before vacation. "Rotating hip to front lower ab toe down. Squeeze butt to get chest standing " Can anyone make sense of this? Otherwise I will ask her when she comes back It is for...

I just finished listening to the Blind Landing Podcast, which talks about the vault controversy during the Sydney AA. I found it to be very interesting and well done. Has anyone else listened?

Hello, I would like to ask on your opinion on buying an airtrack for an adult gymnastic training (recreational). Would you buy 3m airtract + 3 m crash mat or rather just 6m airtrack without the landing mat instead? Which one is better for tumbling combination training (meaning 2 BHSs in a row...

Hi, I hope I find some help here. One of my gymnasts can"t land the double back. She says she can't see the floor. Right now she is doing them off the trampoline on a soft mat but she always lands on her back, so 2,5 basically. In my opinion most gymnasts don"t really SEE the floor. What...

Hey guys! I'm a dancer and a former gymnast! a few months ago I got my side aerial but then lost it from not practicing. Ever since I have been working really hard trying to get it back! I finally can do it off a panel mat folded up but can't seem to land it without one elbow going down and...

Hello again everyone! Last year I posted a video of my daughter's lvl 5 vault and asked for critique/input/deductions from experienced parents and coaches. There was a lot of input which was awesome, however there was a debate whether she was taking a "big" step or a "little" step on the...

My daughter tends to be more of a bull in a China shop than a delicate ballerina. Her landings concern me for a few reasons, whether it's landing on her hands in a back handspring or landing on her feet. I hope that makes sense. She seems pretty strong, isn't terribly tall but far from the most...

Is landing with the chest down or almost toughing the knees not a deduction in Mens gymnastics like it is in womens?

DD can never seem to stick her landings and is always taking a big step (or sometimes 2) on all her landings. Any advice to help her stick them? She's a level 6/7 and it happens in each event and tumbling pass

DD is having trouble spotting the floor on doubles on the floor and bar dismounts. She doesn't feel that she has trouble with twisting. She can't honestly say if she was ever good at it, but it is just more pronounced with doubles. For example, everyone says her form looks great but her...

I teach more of a squat position (butt behind the heels, knees behind the toes, chest slightly forward) for high impact landings because according to the PTs and trainers that's how you prevent injury. Alternatively, I teach the straight up and down landings (butt tucked under) for forward...

Is there such a thing as a proper way to land after a tumbling series on floor or beam? In dance, for leaps and jumps (or mostly everything), we lightly land on the balls of our feet and then roll down to the entire foot, if that makes sense. My daughter is flat footed and keeps complaining...

I had a regrettably brief discussion with Mike Lynch about this at a recent clinic, and I wanted to see what you all think. When transitioning into a backhandspring out of either a roundoff, a backhandspring, or a whip, what is the ideal landing position? What Mike was saying (and hopefully...

Just thought I'd share our vaulting area...

When I land most skills, I land with an arched back, locked knees and shoulders streched back, like a salute. I never land properly and landing this way is quite painful. I mostly land this way doing CW-BT off beam, any salto (particularly front handspring front pike), FHS vault & flyaways. How...