Hi Travis, been awhile since I’ve worked on these. Finally out of the season of qualifiers and the open. Appreciate any feedback on what you see. Took a few videos.
Hey @Chase Chastain ! Good to see you posting! It has been a while, but I'm glad you did :) It looks like your leg swing isn't getting much speed. The tell for that is that you are bending your knees as they come up then kicking them. Most often if someone has enough leg swing speed their legs stay straight and that prevents the kick. You are swinging your legs quite high before hip extension as well. When you do this, it looks like you are swining upward in an L shape, then from there you are providing hip extension at the same time that you are pulling with your arms and your shoulders are thus going from way back from a straight arm position directly toward the bar without getting much height. Make sure that you are trying to get a strong leg swing, and and an earlier hip extension prior to bending your arms. This will help your pull up rise up higher behind the bar so you can keep your body in good position to brush the bar with your chest on the drop. Lastly (and I know this is a lot of words already), try to bend your knees a little more at the bottom of your drop as this will help you build more leg swing speed into the next rep- helping prevent the problem that you are having (which is having a large, circular swing of the shoulders without much height).
Welcome @Marco Sborgia, and I hope you are well! I hope you take some time to see what our friends here have posted, and feel free to chat or ask for help anytime with skills you are working on! Where are you from, and what gymnastics movements are you currently working to learn or improve?
Yes, it is pretty typical that you might work on everything throughout the year, except for the one skill that surprises you in the Open! Murphy's Law, they say 😉 This is not hopeless. Swing faster on the forward swing, then snap your straight legs backward as far as you can, then V up to get on top. Here are some videos that can help: https://youtu.be/Sj0lDx599Bs https://youtu.be/VZYjNAHCmo8 https://youtu.be/UR_sWuM6LM8 https://youtube.com/shorts/vz1ODF3gn7I https://youtube.com/shorts/mmZNCL6k9pI
@Deborah Muncy Hi, and I'm sorry I made a mistake when entering the new programming for the week- I put this week's programming in for next week. I feel very dumb, but I believe it is all fixed. If you check your app it hopefull has updated. Thanks, and my sincerest apologies <3
Hi @Kori Chavez! You found it! Thanks for joining us here on Skool, Kori, and I hope you can get David and Ari on here too! You are welcome to post anything gymnastics at any time and I will give you my best advice at my earlierst opportunity. Have a great rest of your Sunday and a great week ahead!