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I have a gymnast who moved from another gym with yurchenko fear issues so we're on a path to tsuks. It's been a little while since I've had to be technical with tsuks. Back in the days of the "twinkie" vault (vault horse instead of table), I competed layout tsuks and tsuk fulls so the concept isn't foreign to me by any means. In the days of the table the hand placement seems so varied, although I do see mostly what I would consider the men's staggered hand placement predominately now.
I would dearly love a good round table discussion of the pros and cons of hand placement techniques for a women's tsuk.
HAND PLACEMENT
* 1/4 on with round off technique (first hand sideways-second hand
pointing back towards board)
* 1/4 on with both hands pointing towards board
* 1/4 on with "who cares hands" usually fingers all facing sideways
(I wouldn't teach this but thought I'd throw it in as the black sheep)
* 1/2 on with both hands pointing towards board
* Complete 1/2 on with both hands horizontally even with each
other fingers towards board
TIMING OF HAND PLACEMENT
* One hand contacting first then other quickly there after
* Both hands hitting at the same time (Karen Goeller is still
advocating this)
PLACEMENT ON TABLE
* To the front of the table
* To the back of the table
Ready, Aim, Fire... I want to hear your pros and cons.
If anybody needs to know this is a 16 yr old, long body-type (approx. 5'2") with good shoulder strength, vaulting on 1300 right now, board approx 3'4". She is currently flipping into the pit with a medium bump for rotation but not height and being relatively successful. I'm helping initiate the chest lifting. I say relatively because she is still needing my assistance to initiate.
I would dearly love a good round table discussion of the pros and cons of hand placement techniques for a women's tsuk.
HAND PLACEMENT
* 1/4 on with round off technique (first hand sideways-second hand
pointing back towards board)
* 1/4 on with both hands pointing towards board
* 1/4 on with "who cares hands" usually fingers all facing sideways
(I wouldn't teach this but thought I'd throw it in as the black sheep)
* 1/2 on with both hands pointing towards board
* Complete 1/2 on with both hands horizontally even with each
other fingers towards board
TIMING OF HAND PLACEMENT
* One hand contacting first then other quickly there after
* Both hands hitting at the same time (Karen Goeller is still
advocating this)
PLACEMENT ON TABLE
* To the front of the table
* To the back of the table
Ready, Aim, Fire... I want to hear your pros and cons.
If anybody needs to know this is a 16 yr old, long body-type (approx. 5'2") with good shoulder strength, vaulting on 1300 right now, board approx 3'4". She is currently flipping into the pit with a medium bump for rotation but not height and being relatively successful. I'm helping initiate the chest lifting. I say relatively because she is still needing my assistance to initiate.