Artistic Gymnastics

In this section you will find skills and exercises for artistic gymnastics.
Start with the gymnastic handstand, and then work yourself up to the rolls and acrobatics flips. At the bottom of this page you will find instructions for gymnastics apparatus.

Instructions

• Floor Gymnastics (men & women)
  • Handstands & Planches
    • Gymnastic Handstand
    • Handstand Hop
    • Handstand Turn
    • Handstand Bridge
    • Straddle Handstand
      
      
      
  • Rolls
    • Front Roll
    • Forward Pike Roll
    • Dive Roll
    • Pike Roll - Handstand to Front Roll with Straight Legs
    • Back Roll
    • Back Roll to Handstand
      
      
      
  • Bridges and Walkovers
    • Back-Bend to Bridge
    • Front Walkover
    • Back Walkover
      
      
      
  • Handsprings and Cartwheel Variations
    • Cartwheel
    • Round-Off / Rondat
    • Headspring / Flip Flop
    • Front Handspring
    • Front Handspring Stepout
    • Flyspring
    • Back Handspring / Flic Flac
    • Back Handspring Stepout
    • Back Handspring Belly-Landing
      
      
      
  • Front Flips
    • Front Flip Tucked
    • Front Flip Back Crash (wushu)
    • Front Flip Layout
    • Front Flip Stepout
    • Front Flip Half Twist / Barani
    • Front Flip Full Twist
    • Double Front Flip
      
      
      
  • Back Flips
    • Back Tuck / Tucked Back Flip
    • Back Flip Layout
    • Flashkick
    • Flashkick Layout
    • Back Flip Half Twist
    • Back Flip Full Twist
    • Double Back Flip
      
      
      
  • Other Floor Techniques
    • Butterfly
    • Tong Bei
    • Cartwheel without Hands
    • Cartwheel without Hands - Twist
    • Frontwhip
    • Frontwhip Stepout
      
      
      
• The Gymnastic Vault (men & women)
  • Straight Vaults
    • How to jump off and Swing the Arms
    • Exercise 1 - Knees on Table
    • Exercise 2 - Feet on Table
    • Exercise 3 - Tiger / Cat Vault
    • Exercise 4 - Handstand Fall
    • Front Handspring
      
      
      
• High Bar (men)
  • Basics
    • Swinging
    • Handstand
      
      
      
• Parallel Bars (men)
  • Basics
    • Support Position
    • Support Swing
      
      
      
• Rings (men)
  • coming soon
    
    
    
• Pommel Horse (men)
  • Circles
    • Double-Leg Circle
    • Flair / Thomas Flair
      
      
      
• Uneven Bars (women)
  • coming soon
    
    
    
• Balance Beam (women)
  • Handsprings
    • Back Handspring Twist

Exercises

• Eccentric Bodyweight Exercises
• Exercise to Straighten your Handstand
• How to Initiate a Twist
• Simulate a Round-Off with a Trampoline
• Jumping from a 1m Springboard into Water

Advice

• Work on your gymnastic handstand every day.
  This will improve your balance and your posture.
• Learn the above gymnastics skills in the order they are listed.
  Begin with the handstand, then learn the rolls, handsprings etc.
• Warm up and stretch before every workout.
  
• Use landing mats, trampolines and springboards for your artistic gymnastics training.

Suggestions

• Wushu Acrobatics
• The Wall Flip
• Martial Arts
• Strength Training
• Stretching & Flexibility

Videos/Images

• Gymnastics Video Section

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