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Record 1 1996-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
OBS

The gymnast must extend all joints fully and powerfully to achieve optimal vertical spring. The tuck must be tight to facilitate rotation. The tuck should be mainly at the highest point of the spring. The gymnast must extend all joints fully in preparation for landing.

OBS

The tuck in the front somersault should be quick and tight. ... [it] gains some of its difficulty in forcing the gymnast to perform a blind, or nearly blind, landing. This is because the gymnast's legs block her from seeing the floor early as the somersault completes itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
DEF

[Il s'agit d'une] course et [d'une] impulsion des deux pieds vers le haut, [les] bras mi-fléchis devant le visage, suivi [d'un] [...] casser du corps afin de présenter les fessiers vers le haut. Immédiatement, [il y a] flexion des jambes et [une] violente contraction abdominale, [les] mains sous les cuisses alors que les coudes, tirés vers le haut et l'arrière accentuent la rotation des épaules. [Il y a un] dégroupé rapide du corps pour une arrivée en station droite, [les] membres inférieurs très toniques.

CONT

[...] l'apprentissage s'effectue d'abord au sol. [...] la réalisation globale de ce salto avant doit avoir été préparée et précédée par un travail antérieur de la rotation en avant [...]

Spanish

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