Steps Clarification

Question:

On tumbling passes that are worded in the Compulsory Book, "1-3 steps and hurdle" prior to a tumbling pass on floor. Can the gymnast take 3 steps and the 4th step lead to the hurdle or is the third step the hurdle step?

Answer:

They get 1-3 steps and a hurdle. This would mean for all most all the children (99% use the same hurdle technique resembling a step hop) if they were a "right" tumbler in order to take 3 steps and a hurdle, they would start with their left foot. This would have the gymnast step Left, Right, Left and the hurdle would initiate from that left foot. After initiating the hurdle from the left foot, she would return on the left foot, lunge forward onto her right foot and begin swinging her left leg upward and backward to initiate the tumbling skill.

Tom Koll

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