Gymnastic Classes

You can begin to learn these from the simple half time jogging skip. Begin on the spot, then start to travel with the skip step, skip step, and gradually extend the skip over the rope into a bigger leap. You must push from the take off foot and stretch the front leg forwards in order to get more height and get a stretched position with the legs. If you are supple, and can get the legs wide, you will be able to show the splits position in the air, thus performing what is called the split leap. You should feel the arms making a really big circle, stretching high overhead and then swinging down at the side of the body during the leap. Once the technique of the split leap is learned, a second leap could be added so two are performed in succession (if landing from the leap on the left foot, take a step and immediately push off from the right foot into the second leap, the leap comes on the same leg every time. Alternatively, the front leg can be bent up and then straightened during the lea …

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