6. Floor: cartwheel, roundoff

1.       Suggest 3 stretching exercises suitable to practice before cartwheel and roundoff.


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b)      ________________________________________________________________________


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2.       Draw the correct hand positions for cartwheel and roundoff.



3.       What equipment can we use when learning cartwheel?


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4.       When spotting the cartwheel we stand


a) in front of the gymnast            b) behind the gymnast


5.       What exercise would you include if the gymnast does not perform sufficient rotation around
the longitudinal axis of his body during the roundoff?

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6.       What are the moments of force contributing to the rotational motion of the body during a
roundoff?

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7.       During the roundoff, the hands touch the floor

a) close to the foot         b) further away from the foot


8.       How can we drill the quick swing of one leg needed to initiate cartwheel and roundoff?

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9.       Underline correct: The push off during a cartwheel or roundoff is performed

from the shoulders                        from the wrists                                 from the
bent arms