Gymnastic Hoop - 5 Different Ways of Movement You Can Try in Your Movement Combinations
Having considered the swing and how it is used and developed with other apparatus, and by injecting your own ideas and innovations, the possibilities for movement ideas once again become quite numerous.
This also applies to other actions like the turnover, and getting through the hoop, and having already suggested that the rhythmic gymnastics apparatus is fun to play with; these are two characteristics movements which are just that.
Try some of the following: 1.
Stand the hoop vertically in the floor, spin it with the thumb and fingers and run round it or perform a body wave before collecting it.
Watch its spinning action carefully, and turn the wrist and fingers in the same direction as the hoop is spinning in order to regrasp it.
2.
Holding the hoop with both hands apart and underneath the outside edge, lower the arms and then swing them upwards into a throw, releasing the hoop so that it turns over on itself when in the air.
3.
With one or both hands holding the hoop, using either under grasp or over grasp, skip forwards or backwards through it.
Perform some skips on the spot, and then begin to travel.
4.
From a kneeling position on the floor with the hoop held horizontally overhead in both hands, bend both arms and lower the hoop down over the body, then sit back through the hoop and roll backwards into a shoulder stand, stretching upwards with the arms and bringing the apparatus out over the feet.
5.
Using a throw and catch of your choice and one that you feel is suitable, immediately jump through the hoop on catching it.
Though not under separate headings, many of the throwing elements have been dealt with in combination with other actions and particularly in connection with the swinging action.
The importance of preparation must be realized before throwing any apparatus, and similarly a follow through at the end of the throw.
These are techniques which apply in general when throwing any object.
The direction of the swing and the moment of release of the apparatus determine its flight path, and because the rhythmic gymnast is looking for a variety of different flight paths, according to the movement elements which are being performed underneath the apparatus, must practice of both throw and catch, as well as of the body movements, is vital.
In every case, even with the simplest of skills, the body element and the apparatus element must be practiced both separately and together in order to achieve the final harmonious movement.
This also applies to other actions like the turnover, and getting through the hoop, and having already suggested that the rhythmic gymnastics apparatus is fun to play with; these are two characteristics movements which are just that.
Try some of the following: 1.
Stand the hoop vertically in the floor, spin it with the thumb and fingers and run round it or perform a body wave before collecting it.
Watch its spinning action carefully, and turn the wrist and fingers in the same direction as the hoop is spinning in order to regrasp it.
2.
Holding the hoop with both hands apart and underneath the outside edge, lower the arms and then swing them upwards into a throw, releasing the hoop so that it turns over on itself when in the air.
3.
With one or both hands holding the hoop, using either under grasp or over grasp, skip forwards or backwards through it.
Perform some skips on the spot, and then begin to travel.
4.
From a kneeling position on the floor with the hoop held horizontally overhead in both hands, bend both arms and lower the hoop down over the body, then sit back through the hoop and roll backwards into a shoulder stand, stretching upwards with the arms and bringing the apparatus out over the feet.
5.
Using a throw and catch of your choice and one that you feel is suitable, immediately jump through the hoop on catching it.
Though not under separate headings, many of the throwing elements have been dealt with in combination with other actions and particularly in connection with the swinging action.
The importance of preparation must be realized before throwing any apparatus, and similarly a follow through at the end of the throw.
These are techniques which apply in general when throwing any object.
The direction of the swing and the moment of release of the apparatus determine its flight path, and because the rhythmic gymnast is looking for a variety of different flight paths, according to the movement elements which are being performed underneath the apparatus, must practice of both throw and catch, as well as of the body movements, is vital.
In every case, even with the simplest of skills, the body element and the apparatus element must be practiced both separately and together in order to achieve the final harmonious movement.
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