![]() "Tuck your head in and look through your legs behind you" - Place a target on the wall, or put something behind them that they have to spot before they roll over. Children that are scared won't want to put their hands between their feet as the falling sensation gets greater, but they need to do it if they don't want to hurt themselves! Jumping = More force, which means more pain if you do it wrong. If your hands are too far away then you will need to jump to do it. "Put your hands on the ground in between your feet" - The closer your hands are to your feet the easier it is to fall over onto your back. Starting with your legs apart is easier and safer. I have also seen this taught by starting in a tucked position, then extending the legs and tucking in the head, however for a beginner this is harder as there is more to think about, and beginners frequently knee themselves in the head trying to do it this way. This lowers your center of mass and makes it both easier to put your hands on the ground, and reduces the height that you will fall from. "Stand on the shape with your feet in the corners" - Legs are straddled to make a "star" shape. Technique for a perfect competition forward roll is beyond the scope of this article. NOTE:- This is about teaching beginner forward rolls, not technically accurate forward rolls for gymnastics competitions. I've taught about 80,000 of these in many schools over the last 12 years, this is what I've found works best. do their first forward roll, than it is to help a large 12 y.o! Forward rolls should be introduced in the first year of school, or earlier. ![]() The longer you leave it, the harder it is to teach. The start of the roll feels like you are falling over. If a child hasn't had any experience rotating around their transverse axis, then the first few times can be quiet scary. The trick with forward rolls is to start children doing them early - the earlier the better. However, children today typically don't tend to experiment as much with different movement patterns like we did when we were growing up. This is arguably one of the most enjoyable movements that children do. ![]() A Forward Roll is performed on the ground, so in this article I am calling this skill a 'Forward Roll', not a 'Somersault'. I think I need to get more comfortable with that feeling and maybe do more handstand fall to flatback.Technically a 'sault' is a skill that is performed in the air. When I do them on my own I tend to freak out when I start to fall over. Is there a reason the one coach wanted me to do bent arms? This is an adult class so is it supposed to be easier to do them with bent arms? He gave me a light spot the next time and I still slightly thudded to the floor, but it was way better than before. ![]() Then a couple of weeks ago a different coach was spotting me and I did it with straight arms because it feels more natural to me, and he was giving me tips and didn't tell me I had to do it with bent arms. When I tried without a spot I crashed onto my back. I would try to do them with bent arms, but have trouble controlling it from lack of arm strength. When I first did them with a spot I automatically was rolling out of them with straight arms, but the coach said to first do them with bent arms. Everyone in the class, even the newbies, have no trouble with them, but I can't seem to get them. I've been working on my handstand forward rolls in class.
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