March 1-3rd - Sharpening the Blade

You learn best through teaching...it's so true. The past week I have been working with two guys on backflips and it has made me consider all of the little things in my form that I could improve on to make my movements more effortless, clean, and powerful.

Wednesday, I hit Cheer Express with Nick and Adam. We worked form form form. Tumble track frontflips...with hands behind your back. So great. Your take off must be just right to give you the momentum you need for the move. You drive your hips UP! Then, you must rely on your abs to tuck you nice and tight, keeping your HEAD TUCKED IN. The real challenge is to do multiple flips in a row...precision landing is a must.

One thing that I have realized is that I generally don't keep my head in on front tucks. I REALLY focused on this while throwing fronts on the tumble track. Although it is something I know I needed to work on, the practice of it makes you spin MUCH faster and the timing required to land it is different...aka scary. My first tuck was so tight I missed my feet straight to my chest...ouch..but AWESOME! After that I got the timing down....a huge improvement.

I also revisited the two-footed wallfront...Legend. I love this move so much. I focused on getting CLOSE to the wall so that the drive is hard and the spin is FAST (applying the tucked in head from earlier). I feel that I am getting much more control of this move and I can't wait to take it outside soon :)

Soreness to come...Rest will be essential.

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