What Direction Am I Twisting? - George Hery

When you start twisting gymnastic skills, determining which way you are twisting is extremely important. Here George Hery show how he figures out which way a gymnast is twisting. He's used this method for over 20 years.

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[chickenjake4]

you should be more worried about the rebound

[MiiAmoure]

When I do a roundoff, I put my left hand first on the ground, and my trampoline teacher said that I had to turn to the right. That worked actually better than turning to the left! :)

[breezebro]

@NoMotif Thanks for the reply! Twisting is confusing.

[NoMotif]

@breezebro frankly he means that you'll confuse yourself. And then you'll have your twisting all messed up. like me! :)

Or in-depth: hes saying that you should only teach the round-off as round-off/ Tricks and skills should not be learned as 'a round-off with xyz' because then you'll end up twisting and learning to twist that 'wrong' way. With kids who do not know their twisting, this is crucial for their development.

I learned brani by 'round-off with no hands' and yeah... my twisting is bunk

[breezebro]

Can someone explain to me what he meant by "don't do a roundoff in the air and call it a Barani because 80% of the time you'll be going the wrong direction"?

[breezebro]

It's all in the terminology and viewpoint. She leads her roundoff with her right hand so people refer to it as a right-handed roundoff but her twist during it is left.

[Karim074]

@instatutionilazation same and ive been told thats bad for your knees by a coach :/

[Aikipanther]

he sounds pissed at her round-off...

[instatutionilazation]

i do my roundoff to the right and my twists to the left : /

[instatutionilazation]

this is what my coach taught me