How to do a cartwheel!

This is one of the most basic, yet complex skill to  a beginner gymnast. I have "mastered" my cartwheel already so I am going to teach you how to do it!

Steps for Cartwheels:                    

Step 1: Start with your dominant leg in front of you with your arm by your ears.

Step 2: Go into a "t" position ( the 2nd picture) by leaning forward.

Step 3: Kick your leg up so that you can kick yourself up and over.

Step 4: Make sure you look where you are landing kick around yourself.

Step 5: Land in a "t" position again but instead have your bad leg in the front.

Step 6: Put your dominant leg down and your finished!

I hope this tutorial helped you get your cartwheel and if you don't get it just try and try again!

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How to do the Splits

Splits:

Don't worry, If you don't have your splits all the way down that's pretty normal. So if you do have an interest in doing the splits, this is the right blog for you!

Stretching:

ALWAYS remember to stretch. You can stretch daily or at least once a week. Before you start your splits you have to stretch. Without stretching you may not be able to go all the way down to your splits unless you are naturally flexible. Some different types of stretches that you can do are:

I hope this really helped and thank you for reading this!

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Gymnastics Basics

Levels

Level 1- Level 10

Attire

Gymnasts often wear this one piece bodysuit called a leotard. Some gymnasts wear nike pro shorts over it so that they are not just wearing a leo (a "leo" is a leotard). Other gymnasts tend to wear a shirt and nike pros but you don't see that often.

The Events

Floor:

   This is personally my FAVOURITE event! There are leaps, tumbling passes, jumps, turns, oh my! These are the tricks you basically need for the level you are in (example: Level 7, you need to know how to do a roundoff back handspring layout).

Uneven Bars:

    Usually gymnasts call these just bars. This event is basically two bars but unlike the men's gymnastics, there is one high bar and one low bar. For this event you are just trying to swing yourself around the bar is multiple different ways. In order to get onto the bars it's called a mount, and off the bars a dismount. Of course the higher the level the more complex it is.

Balance Beam:

     When people watch this event, it is SUPER DUPER SCARY! This is just one high beam that people tumble, dance, turn, and leap on! Just like the uneven bars, in order to get on you use a mount, and off the beam, a dismount. 

Vault:

       The vault is a big deal for some gymnasts. For the more elite gymnasts they tend to use a vault called a yurchenko. Usually they start doing it in level 8. It is where they do a round-off into a back handspring to what ever tumbling move they want! They vault on a thing called a time-table.

Well my friends, that's the end of this blog. Stay tuned for some tutorials, basics about gymnastics and more!
  

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Welcome to My Blog!

                     Hi! I am Angela Blas! My passion is a common but extraordinary passion. It is GYMNASTICS! My blog is for my genius hour project. I chose this topic because this is my passion and I would like to educate people about it. So lets get flippin' my flippers!