Hey guys I'm Carl
and today I want to go over some steps
on how I teach a round off
So let's get started. (swipe sound)
First I would say you have to have a pretty good cartwheel
For a cartwheel
you're going to start off in a nice lunge
front leg bent and your back leg straight
and both heels flat on the ground
and about a medium width lunge
Your arms are going to be up by your ears
and I like to have them start a little bit
leaning forward and finishing a little bit leaning forward
So it's a little bit on an angle like that.
When I first start teaching a cartwheel
I usually use a panel mat like this
because it will make it a little bit easier
And I also have them go a little bit skewed
at an angle this way and finishing at an angle
like this.
The reason why I do this is
because sometimes when they go straight over the top
they can have a few errors like sticking their head out
or being a little too archy
And going a little bit skewed
can have them focus keeping their head in
and also keeping their stomach a little tighter
So to show what I mean by a little skewed
I'm going to have them start like this
and go a little bit at this angle
and finish a little bit at that angle.
And then the goal is
to try and have them go a little less skewed
and less skewed until it
is straighter.
For a round off I usually switch
over to a mat like this and since I'm
a little bit taller
I'm going to start with both feet on the ground
but most kids are going to start with both feet up on the mat.
We're going to start off with a cartwheel first
We're going to start off in a nice lunge
and you're actually going to lean forward a little bit more
than a cartwheel
And after you land your cartwheel
you're going to take a step forward
bring your arms down
sit back a little bit
keeping your stomach nice and tight.
For a round off you're going
to start off the same way
but once you're upside down you're going to bring your legs
together and snap your feet down
and land a little bit sitting back.
I usually teach a round off
to set up for a round off back handspring
So all of these round offs are going to land
with their feet in front of them
with their chest straight up and down
and they should feel like they're ricocheting back some
A drill to help with snapping their feet down
is to do a handstand snap down on a panel mat
I'm going to have my hands turned in a little bit
I'm going to push pretty hard off my hands
and when my land I'm going to try and have them in front of me
and then have my chest straight up and down
and feel like I'm going back some.
And now you can go a little harder
on a standing round off on a panel mat
by pushing off your hands
and trying to land rebounding back
The next step is to
do a standing round off on the floor
And you're going to start off in a nice lunge
arms up by your ears
lean forward a little bit, push off
of your arms
and try and ricochet back
The next step is to do a power hurdle round off
which is a jump and step into a round off
Since I do a cartwheel or a round off
lefty I'm going to
start with my feet together
I'm going to swing my arms down
I'm going to jump up
land on my right foot
and then step into my round off
And the last step is to do a running round off
and I usually take about 3 steps
and then hurdle into my round off.
And when I teach a round off
I usually have them land with their arms here
so after they land they can swing their arms
into a back handspring
but you can land with your arms here
or your arms up
It's up to you.
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