Basket swing

Basic skill
Drills for Basket swing.

• Start the gymnast doing basket swings on a single rail. This forces them to stay piked, and it is easier to understand the swing.
• On the parallel bars have the gymnast hold a tight pike, looking at their knees. Then the swing should be initiated by pulling and pushing with the arms. (Not to a bend, but shuttled to generate swing)
• Once the gymnast can generate some swing with their arms they should begin to pump the swing by piking tightly on the downward phases and opening on the upward phases.

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