How To Do Dismounts On The High Bar Video

Dismounts are key in concluding the high bar routine and scoring well. Learn how to perform dismounts from a professional coach in this gymnastics video.

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Start with glide swing
Use timing & strength
Pull feet to bar
Get on top of bar

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Mike Wood is a professional gymnastics coach with Crenshaw Athletic Club in Austin, TX. Crenshaw Athletic Club is home to junior olympic performers as well as the University of Texas gymnastics team.

The next aspect of high bar that we're going to explore is the dismount. There's many different types of dismounts. We're going to focus on the flyaway dismount. [PH]Daniel, here, is going to do a laid out flyaway. Daniel is a Level 7 and 13 years old--Daniel is 13 years old. He's been competing for a while. He has a really nice flyaway. That's why we're going to ask him to do it. [PH]Raymond, Level 10 gymnast, national qualifier and finalist, and he's going to show us a double layout. And we're going to start with Daniel, okay? Let's go. [DEMONSTRATION] Good job. Okay. Right now, Raymond is going to show us a double layout. [DEMONSTRATION] A lot of big air, a lot of flight. As you can see, he's in overgrip. [DEMONSTRATION] He's going to try it straight and stretched throughout.

How to do Dismounts on the High Bar Video

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