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Both boys and girls learn beginning routines for the floor and vault. "In the floor exercise, they can do forward rolls, backward rolls, maybe a cartwheel," Jaye Bahleda, a coach at Gymnastic Training Center in Rochester Hills, Michigan, told Play Sports TV. As boys get stronger, they can also learn routines for the pommel horse and rings. You can easily use gymnastic rings to improve flexibility by using them for stretching. His most recent work has appeared on websites such as eHow, GolfLink, Ask Men, Open Sports, Fox Sports and MSN. At Level 3, boys are building their strength on the mushroom apparatus. %PDF-1.4 %���� 0 A beginning balance beam routine might include a jump to front support mount, a tuck sit, a roll to candlestick hold, rise to the Arabesque position, a couple of coupe walks, a stretch jump, pivot turn and a stretch jump dismount. At Level 4, gymnasts must execute the beginning of a front handspring onto the table. 46 0 obj <>stream Drills 1.

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