Tulsa World of Gymnastics Tips

Gymnastics Tips for Gymnasts and Coaches

The links and tips that appear below are courtesy of the this link that appears on The Tulsa World of Gymnastics website: www.tulsagymnastics.com

Gymnast's Hints and Tips Page

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Basic Gymnastics Terms An illustrated list of basic terms essential to a gymnastics vocabulary.

Vault: The Approach A closer look at the important components of the vaulting approach.

Vault: The Punch Drills targeting more powerful vaulting approaches.

Vault: The Pre-Flight A closer look at the important components of the vaulting pre-flight.

Vault: The After-flight A closer look at the important components of the vaulting after-flight.

Vault: Squat-Through Tips on mastering the squat-on vault.

Bars: Kips Kips -- possibly one of the most frustrating skills on bars.

Bars: Free-Hip Cirlces Tips on getting the most out of that elusive free-hip circle

Bars:Cast-Squat OnTips on getting the Cast Squat on

Bars:Front Hip CircleTips on getting the Front Hip Circle

Bars: Cast Handstand Drills and conditioning to help casting to handstand easier.

Bars: Layout Flyaways Tips on how to make the transition from tucked flyaways to layout flyaways. 

Bars: Tap Swings Learn how to improve the strength and power of your tap swings . 

Beam: Back Handspring Step-out Tips on getting that flip-flop step-out on beam right. 

Beam: Full Pirouette Tips on how to fix off-balance full pirouettes.

Beam: Handstand Straddle-Down Tips on how to do a side handstand straddle-down on beam.

Beam: Back Walkovers Tips on how to do a successful back walkover on the beam.

Floor: Aerial Cartwheels Techniques to get your aerial cartwheels off the floor.

Floor: Handspring FrontTechniques to get your Hand Spring Fronts off the floor.

Handspring Techniques to get your Hand Spring off the floor.

Scoring High Tips on leaving a better impression on the judges, and getting higher scores. 

Conditioning Why conditioning is important, and how to best work out your body.

Minimizing Injuries Become aware of the precautions you can take to minimize the risk of injuries. 

Nervous at Meets? Get useful tips on getting a hold of your nerves before they get a hold of you. 

Conditioning: Arms and Shoulders Give your arms a thorough workout with these arm exercises.

Conditioning: Legs Find exercises to strengthen one of the most essential muscles in the body.

Conditioning: Abdominals How many kinds of sit-ups are there? Find out, and learn how to strengthen those abs

Round-off Flip-flop Backs A breakdown of the important points of the round-off flip-flop back tuck tumbling pass.

Chest PositionsA closer look at the importance of having proper upper body positions.

Backward Power Tumbling

Punch Fronts Tips on learning and refining the punch front on floor.