BarsClear HipBack Hip CircleFloor BarPit Cube or Stuffed Animal2x8" or soft matDrill Overview Set 8” or other soft mats behind gymnast. Hold a floor bar/paralette lower on legs with a foam block between bar and legs. Fall straight backwards to back, maintaining a...

Low Bar Kip

BarsKip2 Panel Matsor2 Yoga Blocks Drill Overview Gymnast lays on back, arms by ears, with one panel mat (or yoga blocks or similar) on each side of hips. Gymnast lifts legs to meet ankles to hands, then keeping hands at legs sit up to an L-hold with one hand on each...

Bars KipNone  Drill Overview Gymnast lays on floor on back, arms by ears. Gymnast then lifts toes to hands, keeping hands by legs she does a kip motion to end sitting in an L-hold.

BarsGlide SwingSlider Low BarDrill Overview Stand with feet on floor, slider right in front of feet, hands on bar. Gymnast does a slight hop, puts feet on slider, then glides out with feet on slider, pulling slider back as far as they can with straight arms and hollow...

BarsKip1 or 2 SlidersDrill Overview Gymnast lays on flat stomach, with either both hands on one slider, or hands on two sliders, straight up by ears. Bending at the knees only, gymnast pushes down while simultaneously pulling in on the slider to end in a kneeling push...

BarsKipLow BarCheese MatDrill Overview Set a cheese mat under a low bar, with the large end towards the bar. Gymnast lays on cheese mat on back, while holding on to the bar, then raises ankles up as quickly as possible (while keeping legs straight) to the bar. For an...