Video: Front Tucks in Intermediate Gymnastics

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A front tuck in gymnastics is difficult but a lot of fun. Learn some floor exercise tips including front handsprings in this free video clip on intermediate gymnastics.

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Hi, my name's Jordan Dahl. We're talking about intermediate floor gymnastics. And the next trick I wanted to talk about was your front tuck. This can be a really fun one, but it's a lot different than other skills we've been talking about. Mainly because it's really the first one that uses more leg strength and power hurdle strength than earlier tricks. So what you want to do with your front tuck is get a good run. It'll be really rare that you get a good front tuck out of a power hurdle. So you need to make sure you're running, getting enough space to get a good start for this front tuck and then your arms circle and pop off the ground. You're going to reach straight up, making sure you get a nice set so you have enough time to spin and get back on your feet. This is where the warm-up that we talked about earlier can really come into play, the arm circle pops. Because you need to have your arms straight up by the time you hit the ground with your feet. Let me walk you through this one. After you get a good running start, you're going to arm circle and jump at the same time and by the time your feet hit the ground you're going to be punching hard off the ground, reaching straight up. That's where your set comes from, is where your arms are reaching. You're going to pound off the ground, reach straight up, and pull your knees up with your stomach and around with your arms. Stay in that tuck position until your feet hit the ground again. When you're first starting your front tuck, you may notice it's a little harder to find your balance and really hit that stick position. That's okay for the first little while. Your body is used to finding the balance from moving backwards so be patient with yourself and give yourself time to find that balance. If you're doing little foot stutters, after landing it, that's okay for the first while but you want to make sure that that's under control by the time you get to competition.

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Front Tucks in Intermediate Gymnastics

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